Wilde Irish Women

We came to be with a random selection of friends and Thespians, community theatre inter generational alums, all known quantities of talented good eggs who contributed more than the sum of their parts, their commitment to the whole. Each and…

As reprinted from the Gazette: https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-columnist-Rosemary-Caine-45390709

Published: 3/16/2022

I wonder why St. Patrick’s Day has taken hold in a so-called secular culture that doesn’t really celebrate any saint other than Saint Patrick. I don’t think anybody in the U.S. knows…

I read yesterday of the death of Bríd Mc Bride. 

Cora Rice O Neill sent me her obituary from the Dundalk Democrat 
Among her many accomplishments journalist , writer , art’ s judge and critic , she was director emeritus…

I didn't know what to say ,the relief was so viscerally felt when my escape from law school finally happened. I had been successful in my auditions and would be joining The Bunratty Singers. The later  disparaging image of harp…

Howard is up to his next to last chemo for the treatment of his diagnosed lymphoma. 

Cancer is an odd animal. 

It often stays in the shadows for years waiting to pounce out of a CAT scan , a lurking…

The cultural cuisine of many Immigrants followed cooks and chefs across the Atlantic over the China Sea, the Steppes of Russia , The Lakes of Lithuania , The Boot of Sicily. Additionally wines and herbs of Province were off to…

https://www.gazettenet.com/Young@Heart-essay-by-Rosemary-Caine-43250771Gazette Young at Heart Article

‘On Hold’: Promise of June didn’t last long for Young@Heart chorus member 

By ROSEMARY CAINE 

For the Gazette 

Published: 10/28/2021 

In June, I was in love with life in the Valley again. I was…

https://www.gazettenet.com/my-turn-caine-Emily-44287421 

By ROSEMARY CAINE 

Published: 12/30/2021 

Guest Columnist Rosemary Caine: Finding inspiration in Emily Dickinson and her Irish maid, Margaret Maher 

No algorithm for an Irish accent , Siri types in “The Calcification of Emily Dickinson.” No fear of that. 

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We were all great sleepers -The Caines. 

My mother used to say she could sleep on a clothesline. 

How could she do that my 6 year year-old self wondered. 

She can do anything , I told myself. 

She was a…

In the 70’ s I was pretty Eurocentric and never imagined that on March 2nd 1972 I’d be bidding farewell to the land of my youth forever. As a member of the Burren Flora trio I had joined that long…

My mother loved the royal family : she would say, I know every one of them - their seed breed and generation. I don’t love them all. Some of them are really mental.  She would delight in telling me about…

Yesterday I chopped off 8 inches of my hair for locks for love. After all that growing the two little ponytails looked kind of pathetic and I wasn’t sure if they would accept them or even make a full wig…

About two months into my first season as a Bunratty girl, I was just about finding my feet among the glamour of the girls, we were still girls - later on life , its ups and downs misfortunes and successes…

Greenfield Recorded, Feature Article on Wilde Irish Women November 14, 2019 

BY ANDY CASTILLO, Staff Writer 

Three decades in New England hasn’t diluted Greenfield resident Rosemary “Rosie” Caine’s thick Irish accent, nor has it severed her strong connection to Gaelic…

Today, Feb 14th is one of the more benign holidays that doesn’t go apeshit commercial except for a few hearts and chocolates. Throw in a bottle of Prosecco here and there and a reservation for dinner, the inflated price of…