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Lourdes Mackey is a history buff, visual arts enthusiast, scribbler and scallywag. She indulges these interests here and there, but mostly in Cork.

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Back to the Garden | Reflecting on Woodstock at 50

Lourdes Mackey Aug 19, 2019 0
How many of this summer’s music festivals will be remembered? Probably none. Woodstock, August 1969, however, has its historic place in culture (or counterculture) assured; an ‘Aquarian Exposition of Peace and Music’ as the poster’s dove…
Irish History

Cork 1867 | Boats, Blasts and Flying Fenian Feats

Lourdes Mackey Feb 7, 2018 0
On St. Stephen’s Day in 1867, with darkness falling on Fota Island in Cork’s inner harbour, two gunners and their families sat down to a meal of Christmas Day left-overs. Their home, the island’s Martello Tower, housed a stock of guns and…
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The Other Washington Monument | Alice Roosevelt, Theodore’s Wild Child

Lourdes Mackey May 3, 2017 0
Presidential daughters have always been scrutinised by the American press. Some have served as trusted advisors – we see Ivanka Trump in this role. Others have caused embarrassment – the Bush twins immediately come to mind. Cited for…
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“As We Go Marching” | The Birth of International Women’s Day

Lourdes Mackey Mar 8, 2017 0
‘The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist, nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights,’ – so says feminist campaigner and political activist, Gloria Steinem.…
History

Heart of the Matter | The Evolution of Valentine’s Day

Lourdes Mackey Feb 14, 2017 0
Can’t buy love? Interflora and Hallmark disagree. Valentine’s Day, a key day in the commercial calendar sends hearty purchasers into frenzied splurges on syrupy cards, flowers, chocolates and every kind of love token. Behind all this…
Irish History

The Other Irish Connection | Barack Obama and Daniel O’Connell

Lourdes Mackey Jan 20, 2017 0
‘Race,’ President Obama said in his farewell address, ‘remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.’  ‘You never really know a person,’ he said, quoting Atticus Finch, hero of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, ‘until you…
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Victoria Woodhull, She Who Would Be President

Lourdes Mackey Nov 8, 2016 0
American women have spent their entire lives choosing between presidential candidates of the opposite sex. That is until now. This year, Hilary Rodham Clinton made history by becoming the first female nominee from a major party. She is,…
History

‘Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha!’ | Before Clinton vs. Trump, There was Blaine vs.…

Lourdes Mackey Nov 4, 2016 0
In America, as everywhere else, politics and scandal are coupled like ham and eggs. Outrage at Donald Trump’s 'on mic' locker room banter, might suggest that such revelations are novel. Not at all! Voters in the American Gilded Age,…
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