Michael Cahill
@michaelkinsell8.bsky.social
Conflict Archaeologist, Military Historian & Professional Actor under stage name of Michael Kinsella
http://itsligo.academia.edu/michaelcahill
http://itsligo.academia.edu/michaelcahill
The tragedy, of course, is that we do not have recordings of Richard Burton’s youthful stage work, the breakthrough at Stratford in Henry IV, Part 2 (1949) portrayed in the film, when he first embodied Prince Hal, nor of the companion Henry V broadcast for the BBC later that same year, which
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September 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The tragedy, of course, is that we do not have recordings of Richard Burton’s youthful stage work, the breakthrough at Stratford in Henry IV, Part 2 (1949) portrayed in the film, when he first embodied Prince Hal, nor of the companion Henry V broadcast for the BBC later that same year, which
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Lawtey wisely does not try to emulate the full throated sound of Richard Burton’s later years. Instead he chooses an earlier analogy, a voice still discovering itself.
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September 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Lawtey wisely does not try to emulate the full throated sound of Richard Burton’s later years. Instead he chooses an earlier analogy, a voice still discovering itself.
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A hearty recommendation for Mr. Burton (2025), directed with assurance by Marc Evans and written by Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams, who draw on memoir and biography to shape a taut and moving portrait of the forces and beginnings that shaped one of the most prominent actors of our recent past.
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September 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A hearty recommendation for Mr. Burton (2025), directed with assurance by Marc Evans and written by Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams, who draw on memoir and biography to shape a taut and moving portrait of the forces and beginnings that shaped one of the most prominent actors of our recent past.
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Soderbergh treats him as a figure of memory and regret, a man moving through Los Angeles with purpose and with history: a role stripped to silence, stillness, and sudden violence. It is a brilliant piece and might stand as a fine example of his later work.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Soderbergh treats him as a figure of memory and regret, a man moving through Los Angeles with purpose and with history: a role stripped to silence, stillness, and sudden violence. It is a brilliant piece and might stand as a fine example of his later work.
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In Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) he played drag queen Bernadette with poise and quiet dignity, sharp in her wit yet tender in her care, a performance that gave the film its centre, and typical of his left of center role choices. Then in The Limey (1999) his return was reframed again.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) he played drag queen Bernadette with poise and quiet dignity, sharp in her wit yet tender in her care, a performance that gave the film its centre, and typical of his left of center role choices. Then in The Limey (1999) his return was reframed again.
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Stone’s, Wall Street (1987). In the latter, at age 49, with the character of Sir Lawrence Wildman he played the seasoned financier with a measured authority and his usual undertone of menace, a sharp contrast to Gekko’s blustering greed, the noise of a man covering weakness.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Stone’s, Wall Street (1987). In the latter, at age 49, with the character of Sir Lawrence Wildman he played the seasoned financier with a measured authority and his usual undertone of menace, a sharp contrast to Gekko’s blustering greed, the noise of a man covering weakness.
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His relationships with women, from Julie Christie to Jane Birkin, carried the aura of the era, but it was his intense love affair with Jean Shrimpton that marked him most deeply.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
His relationships with women, from Julie Christie to Jane Birkin, carried the aura of the era, but it was his intense love affair with Jean Shrimpton that marked him most deeply.
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A great, like fellow Brit, Oliver Reed, Terence Stamp (1938–2025) brought a gravitas to all his film work, but unlike Reed who was somewhat theatrical rogue, Stamp was genuinely dangerous and mesmeric.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A great, like fellow Brit, Oliver Reed, Terence Stamp (1938–2025) brought a gravitas to all his film work, but unlike Reed who was somewhat theatrical rogue, Stamp was genuinely dangerous and mesmeric.
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Sunsaku Tamiya revolutionized military scale modeling with his meticulously crafted kits, setting the global standard for detail, accuracy, and accessibility in hobbyist war history.
July 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sunsaku Tamiya revolutionized military scale modeling with his meticulously crafted kits, setting the global standard for detail, accuracy, and accessibility in hobbyist war history.
As Clinch raised a second pistol in defence, another officer of Roden’s regiment rode up and fatally shot him.
#WilliamSadler #BattleofVinegarHill #1798Rebellion #FatherClinch
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#WilliamSadler #BattleofVinegarHill #1798Rebellion #FatherClinch
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June 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
As Clinch raised a second pistol in defence, another officer of Roden’s regiment rode up and fatally shot him.
#WilliamSadler #BattleofVinegarHill #1798Rebellion #FatherClinch
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#WilliamSadler #BattleofVinegarHill #1798Rebellion #FatherClinch
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That corps, notorious for its actions at Gibbet Rath on the Curragh in late May, had earned a reputation for summary execution of prisoners and merciless reprisals against civilians. Roden received fire from Clinch and returned it, wounding him in the neck.
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June 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
That corps, notorious for its actions at Gibbet Rath on the Curragh in late May, had earned a reputation for summary execution of prisoners and merciless reprisals against civilians. Roden received fire from Clinch and returned it, wounding him in the neck.
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#OTD “Vinegar Hill: Charge of the 5th Dragoon Guards on the Insurgents – a recreant yeoman having deserted to them in uniform is being cut down” by William Sadler (born 1808).
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June 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#OTD “Vinegar Hill: Charge of the 5th Dragoon Guards on the Insurgents – a recreant yeoman having deserted to them in uniform is being cut down” by William Sadler (born 1808).
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Context to this memory:
In 2012 to 2013, during the Fine Gael and Labour coalition led by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, the Irish government considered selling the harvesting rights of Coillte forests to foreign investors,including state linked
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In 2012 to 2013, during the Fine Gael and Labour coalition led by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, the Irish government considered selling the harvesting rights of Coillte forests to foreign investors,including state linked
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May 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Context to this memory:
In 2012 to 2013, during the Fine Gael and Labour coalition led by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, the Irish government considered selling the harvesting rights of Coillte forests to foreign investors,including state linked
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In 2012 to 2013, during the Fine Gael and Labour coalition led by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, the Irish government considered selling the harvesting rights of Coillte forests to foreign investors,including state linked
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He gave his life defending French political prisoners at Itter Castle in the Bavarian Alps against numerically superior elements of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division in the closing days of WWII.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
He gave his life defending French political prisoners at Itter Castle in the Bavarian Alps against numerically superior elements of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division in the closing days of WWII.
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students Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement, Claus von Stauffenberg and the Valkyrie patriots, but here's one man that even I, the military historian, hadn't heard off, Josef “Sepp” Gangl, a decorated Bavarian-born major in the German Wehrmacht who lost his
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May 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
students Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement, Claus von Stauffenberg and the Valkyrie patriots, but here's one man that even I, the military historian, hadn't heard off, Josef “Sepp” Gangl, a decorated Bavarian-born major in the German Wehrmacht who lost his
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As today marks the 70th anniversary of VE day and the liberation of Europe I thought I'd mention some of the stories that sometimes get overlooked, the role of ordinary Germans that opposed the Nazi regime and paid the ultimate price, some we know, the bravery of Munich
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May 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As today marks the 70th anniversary of VE day and the liberation of Europe I thought I'd mention some of the stories that sometimes get overlooked, the role of ordinary Germans that opposed the Nazi regime and paid the ultimate price, some we know, the bravery of Munich
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remember correctly a Russian D.J. / Gigolo named Gosha: the things we do for art. He was of course, as I fully expected him to be, a real Gent and consummate professional. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.
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May 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
remember correctly a Russian D.J. / Gigolo named Gosha: the things we do for art. He was of course, as I fully expected him to be, a real Gent and consummate professional. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.
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During which time, he acted in a great many new and immersive stage productions: Miss Julie, Antigone, Uncle Vanya and The Night of the Iguana (looking at this list as I write them, it occurs to me how bar the Greek Tragedy I had favourite monologues from all as part of my audition repertoire;
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May 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
During which time, he acted in a great many new and immersive stage productions: Miss Julie, Antigone, Uncle Vanya and The Night of the Iguana (looking at this list as I write them, it occurs to me how bar the Greek Tragedy I had favourite monologues from all as part of my audition repertoire;
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His roots, however, were very much in experimental theatre, training at Focus Theatre’s Stanislavski Studio in the 60’s with the pioneering acting teacher Deirdre O’ Connell and later becoming a founding member of the innovative Dublin Focus Theatre.
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May 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
His roots, however, were very much in experimental theatre, training at Focus Theatre’s Stanislavski Studio in the 60’s with the pioneering acting teacher Deirdre O’ Connell and later becoming a founding member of the innovative Dublin Focus Theatre.
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A very special presence in Irish Theatre and T.V. Irish people of a certain age will remember Tom Hickey (1944 – 1 May 2021) #TomHickey as the suffering/struggling Benjy in constant generational discourse with his parents Tom (John Cowley) and Mary (Moira Deady) Riordan.
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May 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A very special presence in Irish Theatre and T.V. Irish people of a certain age will remember Tom Hickey (1944 – 1 May 2021) #TomHickey as the suffering/struggling Benjy in constant generational discourse with his parents Tom (John Cowley) and Mary (Moira Deady) Riordan.
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My written remembrance
for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
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for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
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April 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My written remembrance
for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
www.facebook.com/share/p/15Ea...
for Francis below.His conscience shaped in pastoral work of early priesthood &deepened among ordinary Argentinians during the dictatorship yrs. He brought humility to power &never stopped listening. The World needs his spirit now.
#PopeFrancis
www.facebook.com/share/p/15Ea...