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Gaelic

The First Word:
Afraid of the Dark

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The Irish writer John B. Keane once said of my home town that "they should build a wall around it and let no man in and let no man out." I don't know why he said that about An tAonach, which means Fair or Market place. (The town was named Nenagh by the English during that great renaming which saw Gaelic names replaced by ones which bore no relationship to the Irish.) … [Read more...] about The First Word:
Afraid of the Dark

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