Pauline Gibbons- Visual Artist

Pauline Gibbons – Visual Artist Pauline Gibbons is a visual artist who graduated with first class honours from the Crawford College of Art and Design in 2015. Both private and public collectors including CIT Registrars collection have purchased her work and she has participated in a number of exhibitions to date. For her degree show…

Commonwealth Wargraves in the Church of the Holy Rosary Graveyard, Midleton

Originally posted on The Midleton Archaeology & Heritage Project:
We went to the main Catholic graveyard in Midleton to have a look at the Commonwealth Wargraves related to World War One and World War Two, and to see if we could find any details on the men themselves. Of course there are numerous military-related graves…

Hedy Lamarr – the 1940s ‘bombshell’ who helped invent wifi

The actor, who depicted film’s first female orgasm, was well known for her scandalous love life and sultry beauty. Now, a new documentary explores how her scientific talents were vastly overlooked Hedy Lamarr, the star MGM called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, had two of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood. One of them,…

Daring to Believe

Originally posted on Trish Carlos:
This time two years ago I had finally gotten my proof copies of my first novel, a book that I had sweated and cried over for five years.  It is a magical moment when you open the package to see what had very much been a figment of your imagination…