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Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan Maggie’s Oscar Moment? Maggie O’Farrell Hamnet Academy Award nominations were just announced and it looks like the March 15 ceremonies will have a distinctly Irish flavor…

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Heroes of the Revolution

As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches,  Edythe Preet looks to March 17, 1776, and the role the Irish played in America’s  bid for freedom. Pop quiz:…

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The Encyclopedia of Ireland.
Book Reviews

A Sampling of the Latest Irish Books. ℘℘℘ RECOMMENDED The Encyclopedia of Ireland is being…

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President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy attend the opening of Mr. President at the National Theater, Washington, D.C., 1962
John F. Kennedy: An Appreciation

Young people today know John F. Kennedy primarily for being assassinated and for his presumed…

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October 21, 1904

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh was born in Co. Monaghan on this day in 1904. Kavanagh is perhaps most famous for his epic poem “The Great Hunger” which chronicles the desires of peasant farmer Patrick Maguire. Kavanagh is also well known for his poem “Raglan Road” which was eventually made into a song and set to the music “The Dawning of the Day” by Luke Kelly and The Dubliners. Poet Seamus Heaney has acknowledge that Kavanagh had a great influence on his own poems.

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