The Irish Magic News podcast archive preserves a distinctive period in the history of Irish conjuring. It captures a community that was active in clubs,…
A prop can fail at the worst possible moment: a gimmick jams during a card routine, a thread snaps in full view, or a borrowed object slips from your hand and…
The best Irish magic periodicals are rarely the glossy, widely distributed magazines that dominate international collecting guides. Ireland’s conjuring history…
Ireland’s east coast offers an excellent setting for a touring magic show. The region combines large cities, historic towns, seaside resorts, castles,…
Patrick Page occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century magic. Born in Dublin in 1929, he became known internationally as a performer, teacher, dealer,…
For generations, magic has offered hospital patients a brief change of atmosphere. A card trick, a borrowed-object illusion, or a comic piece of sleight of…
A vintage magic suitcase is more than a container for props. It may have travelled to small theatres, private parties, society meetings, or convention halls,…
Magic podcasts occupy an unusual space between performance, journalism, oral history, and community noticeboard. A successful episode can explain a sleight,…
A small collecting box can tell a surprisingly large story. In a magic society, where meetings are usually associated with cards, coins, apparatus and…
Writing a eulogy for a fellow magician is an act of friendship, stewardship, and care. The task is to remember a person whose life may have been expressed…