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Film Forum :
Troubles with Sunday

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
June / July 2002

June 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

The epochal "Bloody Sunday" -- the massacre of thirteen unarmed Londonderry civilians by the British Army on January 30, 1972 -- is the stuff from which great drama could be drawn. The stories of the individuals caught up in the violence, the political machinations behind the scenes, the obscuring fog of lies and propaganda, and that day's transformation of Irish politics offer … [Read more...] about Film Forum :
Troubles with Sunday

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July 20, 1902

Jimmy Kennedy, Irish songwriter famous for songs like “The Isle of Capri,” was born in Omagh Co. Tyrone on July 20, 1902. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and trying a career in teaching and the military, Kennedy’s music career took off after joining a music publishing company. Kennedy wrote over 2,000 songs and during his time, he had more hits in the US than any other Irish or British lyricist.

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