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Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum

Post author By Kieran
Post date December 1, 2025

BY THEMOST REV. JOHN HEALY, D.D., LL.D., M.R.I.A.,BISHOP OF CLONFERT; COMMISSIONER FOR THE PUBLICATIONOF THE BREHON LAWS; EX-PREFECT OF THE DUNBOYNEESTABLISHMENT, MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41073/41073-h/41073-h.htm ╬ Cross of Saint James https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Saint_James ╬ Flag of Connacht (~1651)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Connacht Scots Monastery, Regensburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiScots_Monastery,_Regensburg#Irish_period The Scots Monastery (in German Schottenkirche, Schottenkloster or Schottenstift) is the former Benedictine Abbey of St […]

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Kate Braid

Post author By Kieran
Post date November 2, 2025

Braid, K. (1979). Invisible women: Women in non-traditional occupations in B.C. [Master’s thesis; Simon Fraser University]. Summit. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/3241 Pender’s Journeywmanhttps://www.katebraid.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/AQUA-Nov-Dec-2020-Kate-Braid.pdf ╬ Hammer & Nail: Notes Of A Journeywoman (2020) https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/hammer-nail-notes-of-a-journeywoman/9781773860336.html Women have no wilderness in them, They are provident instead, Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread… They wait, […]

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Kieran Forde, Ph.D.

Post author By Kieran
Post date October 18, 2025

My dissertation has finally made it to the UBC repository, marking the official end of my Ph.D.

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The “good Canadian” myth vs. Indigenous realities

Post author By Kieran
Post date October 5, 2025

A 2025 CBC Documentary

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K-12 Stories

Post author By Kieran
Post date August 14, 2025

News stories related to teachers and schools (mostly in BC)

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Sloyd

Post author By Kieran
Post date June 22, 2025

Otto Saloman, 1891: The teacher’s handbook of slöjd

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Einstellung Effect

Post author By Kieran
Post date May 24, 2025

[Under construction]

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Seamus O’Rourke

Post author By Kieran
Post date April 20, 2025

Leitrim’s finest

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Brooks (2015) The road to character

Post author By Kieran
Post date April 13, 2025

“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”

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Waters (1997) An intelligent person’s guide to modern Ireland.

Post author By Kieran
Post date April 6, 2025

“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”

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Quotes

Post author By Kieran
Post date December 22, 2023

“Chinese exceptionalism and American exceptionalism are quite similar with one key difference : Americans think everyone SHOULD be like them, And Chinese think NO ONE can be like them” “We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike power” – E.O. Wilson, No man is an Island, intire of it selfe; every man is a piece […]

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The Fear, by Ger Hough

Post author By Kieran
Post date February 17, 2023

“You Were On My Mind,” bronze and glass, 2014, Thomas Lerooy

“You Were On My Mind,”

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Is féidir le aois óg na hÉireann a bheith dòchasach faoi an tsaol ata rompu

Post author By Kieran
Post date December 22, 2021

In which I am done a heckin bamboozle

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Sisyphus

Post author By Kieran
Post date February 13, 2020

“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.” ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus My new logo for 2020 Peter Singer The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle John Perry Barlow The Pursuit of Emptiness Isaac Asimov A Cult of Ignorance On a serious tangent, see below one of the many […]

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Poetry

Post author By Kieran
Post date February 10, 2020

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive […]

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Right to Be Forgotten

Post author By Kieran
Post date February 2, 2020

One of my areas of interest is the RTBF. Below are links and resources on the topic. New notes: 2025 (Nov 11, 2025) Canada’s emerging “right to be forgotten”: Federal Privacy Commissioner rules on de‑listing https://www.dentons.com/en/insights/articles/2025/november/11/canadas-emerging-right-to-be-forgotten (Nov 11, 2025) Your right to be forgotten https://insidetime.org/comment/your-right-to-be-forgotten/ Unlock https://unlock.org.uk/about-us/our-mission/ (July 27, 2025) OpenAI: ChatGPT Wants Legal Rights. […]

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Bread

Post author By Kieran
Post date December 4, 2019

Ingredient Weight Whole-wheat flour 170g All-purpose flour 170g Steel-cut oats (pre-soaked) 115g Barley (pre-soaked) 30g Bran 28g Wheat germ 28g Brown sugar 2 teaspoons Salt 1 teaspoon Baking soda 2 teaspoons Buttermilk 500ml Melted butter 45g 1. Pre-heat oven to 400F. 2. Mix the dry ingredients well. 3. Add half the buttermilk and the melted […]

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