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![]() ![]() ![]() We gave him a hearty welcome for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man, and we had not seen him for several years. I looked upon it, therefore, as something of a coincidence, when the door of our apartment was thrown open and admitted our old acquaintance, Monsieur G-, the Prefect of the Parisian police. For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of Marie Roget. For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisieme, No. At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18-, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. ![]() ![]() ![]() “As part of my second module in the Dermot Early Young Leadership Initiative I gave a presentation on what the GAA means to me as a female,” Nig Ruairc told GAA.ie The 17-year old has had a hugely positive sporting journey herself playing camogie and football with Cuala in Dublin, which is why she is so passionate about the benefits of team sport for teenage girls.Īnd her ‘Keeping Girls Playing Project’ is having such a positive impact in Cuala that it will hopefully give other clubs some really helpful food for thought as to how best to keep girls involved in team sport. Aisling Nig Ruairc is a shining example of how young people can be influential leaders in their own clubs and communities.Įmpowered by her experience of taking part in the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative (DEYLI), she is using the tools she developed there to address what is a huge issue for underage camogie and ladies football teams up and down the country – the high drop-out rate of players. ![]() ![]() During a year when I did a lot of driving, I listened to a 21-disc biography of Marie Antoinette, which apparently stuck with me. ![]() Norrell, because it reads like a Regency novel but is full of magic-and Clarke created an incredible history of magic in the footnotes. The most direct inspiration was Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. What books inspired you to write Enchantée ? I have so many! When I was 17, my favorite books were Wuthering Heights, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, and the collected poems of e.e cummings. You never know where inspiration will come from. ![]() Really, I’ll read anything as long as it’s good. Grimms’ fairy tales are my desert-island book. What kind of books do you read?Īll kinds, from books on gardening and societal collapse to thrillers and poetry. For example, I read an Englishman’s account of how derelict and filthy Versailles was when he visited in the 1770s and that helped shape the magic in Enchantée. The weird details I come across when I’m doing historical research also inspire me. ![]() |