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Those We Lost

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
October / November 2016

October 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Recent passings in Ireland and Irish America. ℘℘℘ Peter Barry 1928 – 2016 Former Fine Gael leader, tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Barry died in August at his home in Cork city. He was 88. Barry was an instrumental figure in the establishment of the 1985 Anglo-Irish agreement, a treaty which contributed to the ending of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Barry … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

MacGowan’s Road to Paradise

By Richard Purden, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Long written off by the music industry, Shane MacGowan's new single "Road to Paradise" has the critics buzzing. Richard Purden reports. ℘℘℘ The behemoth of Irish music has repeatedly proven that, despite years of rock-'n'-roll debauchery, he can still stand up and be counted among every new generation of artists. So it should come as no surprise that when Shane MacGowan … [Read more...] about MacGowan’s Road to Paradise

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June 24, 1875

Forrest Reid, Irish novelist and literary critic, was born on this day in Belfast in 1875. To this day, Reid is regarded amongst the likes of J.M. Barrie and Hugh Walpole as a pre-war British boyhood novelist. His most famous work was Young Tom, for which he won a James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1944.

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