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The Honourable Hugh Mahon is one of the most interesting personalities in the national legislature. There has been more stirring incident in his career than in a dozen ordinary men’s lives. Continue reading
My first ‘dance’, a hop, as it was known then, was at the local ‘Legion of Mary’, organised by a fellow teenager…. Continue reading
James Joyce was one of a long list of great writers who failed to win the Nobel Prize for Literature: Ibsen, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Zola, Hardy, Henry James, August Strindberg…. Continue reading
this island scorns, defies life
from sunrise to the midnight moon
For the fourth consecutive year, Ireland has failed to qualify for the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Continue reading
the book is beautifully produced and illustrated Continue reading
Thousands of Irish left the country in ships carrying with them all they owned, including the Irish language Continue reading
It’s a memory I’ll hold forever, it’s made me take an interest in our history. Continue reading
A Republic of opportunities. Continue reading
Caranua has been established to improve the lives of survivors of institutional abuse.
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