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Edisons are case of opposites attract
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Edisons are case of opposites attract
“Little Bohemia” by Fran King and Pete Fagan, aka Edisons, is a seasoned, rehearsed and mature piece of work. By Colleen Taylor I’m a sucker for so...
Image makeover for McDonogh
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Image makeover for McDonogh
Jackie Uí Chionna. By Peter McDermott Galway businessman and politician Máirtín Mór McDonogh got the “Citizen Kane” treatment a full 12 years befor...
Hill’s latest is ‘live’ blockbuster
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Hill’s latest is ‘live’ blockbuster
Just where in New York Noel Hill's CD was recorded is the $64 question. By Daniel Neely Noel Hill is one of the true modern legends in Irish music....
McGuigan’s dedication is infectious
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McGuigan’s dedication is infectious
For songwriter Niall McGuigan, “Awareness” is an emotional and cultural “map.” By Colleen Taylor It is a truth universally acknowledged that music ...
Aran play inspired by Synge diary
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Aran play inspired by Synge diary
Inis Lar, Aran Islands. PHOTO BY JOE O'BYRNE By Orla O’Sullivan Joe O’Byrne was raised in Balbriggan, a coastal village north of Dublin City, but a...
Saying goodbye
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Saying goodbye
Tom Phelan on a recent visit to his hometown of Mountmellick, Co. Laois. PHOTO: PATRICIA PHELAN A Father's Day remembrance by Tom Phelan On a summe...
Famous pols spar in confined space
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Famous pols spar in confined space
Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall in a scene from “The Journey.” IFC FILMS By Michael Gray The peace process in Northern Ireland is now two decades old...
City as a layered, complex place
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City as a layered, complex place
Dr. Ellen Rowley. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In this week of Bloomsday, one can detect Joycean undertones in scholar Ellen Rowley’s st...
National Strawberry Shortcake Day: Let’s Celebrate!
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National Strawberry Shortcake Day: Let’s Celebrate!
GREGORY21 | DREAMSMTIME.COM IRELAND HOPPING / By Margaret M. Johnson In additional to celebrating “Flag Day” today, it’s also “National Strawberry ...
Two Cities starting to make a splash
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Two Cities starting to make a splash
Two Cities’ Mags Garvey and Mark Ferguson are equal parts Dublin and London, but Berlin makes them a tale of three cities. By Colleen Taylor The li...
Three days to remember
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Three days to remember
Capturing the summer-school experience on film. PHOTOS BY RACHAEL KEALY By Geoffrey Cobb As a somewhat successful writer, I get asked this difficul...
‘Subprime’ at prime N.J. location
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‘Subprime’ at prime N.J. location
Some of the actors in rehearsal. By Orla O’Sullivan Beck Lee, perhaps best known to readers as the publicist for Origin’s 1st Irish Festival, has h...



 



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