Our first foray into the Junior Cycle shows us deliberating a challenging question; was William Shakespeare anti-Semitic? Georgia-Lee Flynn, Sean O'Brien, and your host, Catherine Hickey give the question some thought, while Second Year student
When a man cannot even decide if he wishes to be or not, it is unlikely he is going to be very productive. Is Hamlet's procrastination understandable, or unbelievably frustrating? Let's take a deep dive with Georgia-Lee Flynn, Sean O'Brien, and
'A Door Into The Dark' makes a return, just in time for our 3rd and 6th Years getting ready to take their exams. In this episode, Georgia-Lee Flynn and Sean O'Brien join Catherine Hickey to discuss the central theme of corruption in 'Hamlet'.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”-George R.R. MartinThis week, our host Catherine Hickey is joined by Eorann Kavanagh, Georgia Lee Flynn, and Sean O'Brien, to discuss the pl
This week, without regular host Catherine Hickey, Patrick Murtagh and Sean O’Brien go wildly off topic as they discuss Dickinson. Taking detours through Delgany, Darwin’s ‘Origin Of The Species’, shifty lawyers, Elvis Presley and Coca Cola adve
This week, Catherine is joined by Sean O’Brien and former St. Columba’s College English teacher John Fanagan. John’s experience as an English teacher of 35 years is touched upon, as well as his unbridled passion for Shakespeare’s works. To any
This week, our host Catherine Hickey is joined by Sean O’Brien and history teacher extraordinaire John Simpson. John provides the inside track on all things Monaghan, as he grew up near ‘Billy Brennan’s Barn’, just off the Iniskeen Road. We dis
This week, our host Catherine Hickey is joined by Patrick Murtagh and Sean O’Brien to discuss one of their favourite poets: Elizabeth Bishop. Bishop’s discerning eye for detail, her emotional depth and knack for writing from unique perspectives
This week our host Catherine Hickey is joined by Georgia-Lee Flynn, Eorann Kavanagh, and 6th Year students Lily McCann and Amy Kennedy to discuss Shakespeare’s ode to young love, Romeo & Juliet. Did Shakespeare nail it? Is this the perfect depi
Its 1606, in the jolly old town of London. Jesuit revolutionaries have just tried to blow up Westminster, women are being accused of witchcraft across the country. There is a new king, who hails from the mysterious, dark hinterland of Scotland.
As a school, we have decided to look at issues surrounding gender identity in the world we now live in. Four hundred years ago, Shakespeare was also investigating the pitfalls of masculinity in his tragedy 'Macbeth'. Join Catherine Hickey, Pa
Welcome to the first episode of the TCG English Department's podcast 'A Door Into The Dark'! Each week, we will bring you a conversation about different English texts that are on the Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle courses. We want to sha
We're back for our 2022/2023 edition with a new crop of podcasters, talking about Sophie Toscan du Plantier, top-rated crisps and pet peeves, and some general chat led by Rowan...