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Sláinte!: The Taste of Autumn

By Edythe Preet

September October 1996

September 14, 1996 by Leave a Comment

Ireland's autumn provides many wonderful taste delights. Chief among them are goose, pork, potatoes and apples, all of which figure prominently as traditional foods during the season's three principal feast times, Michaelmas, Samhain and Martinmas.  In old Irish tradition, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel (September 29) was known as Fomhar na nGeanna - the Goose … [Read more...] about Sláinte!: The Taste of Autumn

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Movie Magic in the City of Tribes

By Laoise Mac Reamoinn

September October 1996

September 12, 1996 by Leave a Comment

The eighth annual Galway Film Fleadh was a roaring success. With Ireland in the grip of film-making fever, and the notion of a thriving indigenous Irish film industry transformed from distant goal to distinct possibility, it's natural that the three major international film festivals in Dublin, Cork and Galway should reflect the recent boom. There's a good deal of friendly … [Read more...] about Movie Magic in the City of Tribes

A Man Called Beckett

By Patricia O'Haire

July/August 1996

July 29, 1996 by Leave a Comment

He was a Nobel Prize winner, an Irishman who lived most of his life in a foreign country. A man who wrote in both English and French, he was one of this century's towering literary figures, turning out a total of 19 plays and several books. He was also a major influence on most contemporary playwrights, yet remained an enigma, a thoroughly private person, until his death in … [Read more...] about A Man Called Beckett

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