Articles written by Shane Na Gael

Shane Na Gael|Mar 18, 2026

In our current social climate, it is too easy to allow political concerns to overpower the sway of the most important values that hold us together. As The Star’s deadline day this week falls on St. Patrick’s Day, a remarkably pertinent message for us comes by way of a bit of timeless Irish wisdom, in a toast, as written in 1908. Come, send round the wine, and leave points of belief To simpleton sages, and reasoning fools This moment’s a flower too fair and too brief, To be wither’d and stain’d by the dust of the schools. Your glass may be pu...