The Wexford Carol (Carúl Inis Córthaidh) 12th century Irish Carol and a Year in New England, with  Alison Krauss, singer * Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; Cristina Pato, bagpipes * Shane Shanahan, percussion;  Natalie MacMaster violin. PHOTOS by Dead River Fuel Co, Kennebunk, Maine 2012 Calendar.

 “Th’ whole worl’s in a terrible state   o’ chassis”. says Sean O'Casey.

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ophocles-Oedipus at Colonus:

ophocles’ 3^rd Choral Ode

The basic problem of human life........a Greek view of life in an Irish translation.

HANDBOOK of Reflection & Reflective Inquiry, Nona Lyons, editor, with 40 international scholars * Brings together essential perspectives of researchers, practitioners and theoreticians * Presents a thorough overview of reflective inquiry in several professions including teacher education, medical education, social work education, and adult and business education.

Anything Can Happen by Seamus Heaney (after 9/11),  with specially commissioned music, Across a clear blue sky by Ian Wilson for string quartet, radio and drumming toys - RTE Vanbrugh Quartet. 2009

from The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney 

>>Poem read by              Seamus Heaney

Read by Seamus Heaney.   Music: In the bleak mid winter, John Fahey, Christmas Guitar.  

 This same poem, a delight to the ear, is read in IRISH with english translation here >>Scél lem dúib

James & Mary Donohoe Family
in Iowa & and South Dakota
My grandparents, uncles, aunts and
mother: Mary Donohoe Lyons (Mrs. William F.)

Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren, 4th century B.C.

& Barbara Allen, Scottish song , 1661

Mary Donohoe Lyons 1898-1991, Yankton, South Dakota.   Eulogy Oct . 14, 1991, Sacred Heart Church, Yankton by Robert F. Lyons