History – The Circular

A Visit to Boyle Abbey, Boyle, County Roscommon

April 24, 2019

Culture, Education, History, International, Religion, Slider, Travel

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Boyle Abbey, situated in the town of Boyle in north Roscommon is an early Cistercian church and monastery founded in 1161 and completed some sixty years later. The Cistercians were founded in 1098 in Burgun...

Lough Key Forest Park Boyle

Kieran Feely

April 23, 2019

ENVIRONMENT, Environment, History, Life and Style, Slider, Travel

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Lough Key Forest Park is located a few kilometres east of the town of Boyle in north Roscommon just off the N4. The Park consists of 800 acres of forest and parkland facing onto Lough Key which is one of the l...

Watch: A tale of two graveyards

Abigail Malone

April 23, 2019

History, Slider

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In Irish society graveyards and burial grounds are steeped in tradition and history. In Ballyfermot and Palmerstown in west Dublin there are two burial sites only a few kilometers from each other with two very...

The Importance of Kantian ethics for journalists.

Ernie Beggs

April 22, 2019

Comment, Culture, History, Kant, Philosophy

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At the apex of modern philosophy stands the “sage of Konigsberg”, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).His Categorical Imperative philosophical doctrine of Deontology was conceptualised when he deduced accepting things o...

A tradition of Turks :Turkish Coffee

Aylin Yilmaz

April 22, 2019

Culture, Food and Drink, History, International

118

Every day, 2.25 billion cups of coffee are being consumed worldwide. Coffee is also one of the most traded products around the world and is developing more and more every day. For this reason, Turkish coffee h...

One Thing Donald Trump, JFK and FDR All Have In Common

Nathan Griffin

April 20, 2019

Entertainment, History, Politics

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Since Donald Trump's victory in 2016 US Presidential Election, the United States has fallen victim to one of the worst eras of partisan politics ever witnessed. With that said, it is crazy to think th...