Category Archives: Irish Relatives

Gestalt

Posted on January 23, 2019 by James May | UC Cork

There’s a compositional idea in some 20th– and 21st-century music known as gestalt, referring to the perception of a larger structure created by many unique components. In composition, it basically means the juxtaposition or superimposition of different ideas without connective … Continue reading →

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The Journey Begins

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Peter James Kiernan | Trinity College Dublin, Belfast campus

I first visited Ireland with my family when I was ten years old. As a young boy who had never left his country, coming from a small isolated family of four, the experience changed my outlook. That visit, I learned … Continue reading →

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Homecoming

Posted on November 9, 2015 by tgolden16

Dia daoibh! I have a deep affinity for all things Irish. This enduring fascination with Irish culture was a predetermined eventuality put in place long before I was born. Seven of my eight great-grandparents emigrated from the Emerald Isle to … Continue reading →

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