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The Chief of Irish Music

By Lauren Byrne, Contributor
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Paddy Moloney- Photo by Barry McCall.

Paddy Moloney, founder of The Chieftains, who has done more than anyone else to launch Irish music onto the world stage, talks to Lauren Byrne. In the expensive gloom of Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel, Paddy Moloney orders a pot of Earl Grey tea and shifts out of the draft from an over efficient air-conditioner. At 65, his hair is dappled gray, but Moloney's bantam figure is as … [Read more...] about The Chief of Irish Music

Martin McGuinness: The Man, The Myth, The Minister

By Anne Cadwallader, Contributor
Kevin Boyes, Photographer
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The evolution of Martin McGuinness – from high school dropout and IRA man to political leader seeking an end to violence and, finally, his emergence as Northern Ireland's Minister for Education. If it's fair to judge the effectiveness of a politician by the depth of his opponents' dislike for him, then the Sinn Féin MP and Assemblyman for Mid-Ulster, Martin McGuinness, … [Read more...] about Martin McGuinness: The Man, The Myth, The Minister

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