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Selfless Pole helped feed starving Irish
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Selfless Pole helped feed starving Irish
Paul Edmund Strzelecki, unidentified photographer, silver gelatin negative copied from original daguerreotype, State Library of New South Wales. By...
View from the exit platform
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View from the exit platform
A 1959 AEC Routemaster at the London Bus Museum. By Tom Phelan My accuser was sitting in the center seat at the rear of the upper floor of the bus....
Brady’s Ryan reconnects with West Cork locals
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Brady’s Ryan reconnects with West Cork locals
Orla Brady. By Karen Butler Irish actress Orla Brady was up for a change after years of starring in serious dramas, so when “The South of Westerlie...
Ambitious reclaiming of Donegal tradition
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Ambitious reclaiming of Donegal tradition
James and Moira Doherty, the founders of Sliabh Liag Distillers. By Peter McDermott “If it’s scary and exciting, you should do it, as far as I’m co...
Allen Shares Her Christmas Recipe
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Allen Shares Her Christmas Recipe
Darina Allen. Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson With only six weeks to go, Irish cooks have already started to think about the Christmas Cak...
Revisiting women of St. Jacques
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Revisiting women of St. Jacques
Caroline B. Heafey. Page Turner / By Peter McDermott “The novel begins with the problem of what to do with a woman.” So writes Caroline B. Heafey i...
‘No Summer’: dour, bold, compelling
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‘No Summer’: dour, bold, compelling
Ennis, Co. Clare-based Californian Amelia Baker performs under the name Cinder Well. PHOTO BY JIM GHEDI Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Folks, ...
More Pumpkin Recipes for November
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More Pumpkin Recipes for November
Photos by Margaret M. Johnson. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson PART II By Sunday, we'll have said good-bye to Halloween and the jack-o-lanterns th...
Riot on Wall Street
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Riot on Wall Street
A construction worker and businessman attack a young man at the periphery of the Hard Hat Riot, on May 8, 1970. Neal Boenzi/The New York Times/Redu...
‘Athenry' has many powerful moments
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‘Athenry' has many powerful moments
The love of Liam and Maire is the central focus of the story. Book Review / By J.C. Sullivan Readers who are familiar with the song “The Fields of ...
Kennedy’s FB shows paused
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Kennedy’s FB shows paused
Brian Kennedy photographed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 9, 2019. PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE RAFTER KEDDY By Peter McDermott Belfast-born and -raised singer-son...
Cartys’ album is a real stunner
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Cartys’ album is a real stunner
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Many years ago, my wife and I, both fans of John Carty’s music, were in Dublin and had the opportunity to see h...



 



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