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Podcasts | From Books and TV to Family and Faith, Guests Open Up About All Things Irish with host Tom Deignan

Mary Beth Keane   What is your new novel Whale Harbor (out in November) about? This book came most immediately from my own family. My dad was the second of 11 siblings, like the…

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Roots | The O’Reilly / Reilly Clan

The O’Reilly family name comes from the Gaelic O’Raghailligh, meaning descendants of Raghaillach. The O’Reillys were the most powerful sept of the old Gaelic Kingdom of Breffny, and the family remains numerous in…

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Captain of Industry

Niall O’Dowd follows Bill Flynn’s journey from seminary student to the upper echelons of corporate…

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Paul McGinley holding the Ryder Cup.
Irish Win Ryder for Europe

The European Ryder Cup Team, which included several Irish players, triumphed over the United States…

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November 3, 1932

Albert Reynolds, Taoiseach from 1992 to 1994, was born on this day in Co. Roscommon in 1932. Reynolds became wealthy during the 1960s after opening up a series of dance halls and developing a series of business contacts. He became interested in politics in the 1970s during the Irish Arms Crisis. He was elected to the Dail Eireann under the Fianna Fail party in 1977. He acted as Minister for Post and Telegraphs, Minister for Transport, Minister for Industry and Energy, Minister for Industry and Commerce and Minister for Finance. Reynolds was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, however his short time as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fail was criticized.

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