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News Roundup April 16, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter April 16, 2022

April 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Easter Rising Commemorated Ireland will commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising with an event at the GPO in Dublin on Sunday, April 17. The ceremony will be led by President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheal Martin, and Irish Minister for Defence Simon Coveney. At noon (Irish time), as the Irish flag on top of the GPO is lowered, the 1916 Proclamation will be read by an officer … [Read more...] about News Roundup April 16, 2022

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June 8, 1998

Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s debut play “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” wins four Tony awards for its 1998 Broadway production. Director Garry Hynes wins for best director, the first woman to do so at the Tonys. Marie Mullen wins best actress. Annie Manahan wins best supporting actress and Tom Murphy wins best supporting actor. The success of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” inspired McDonagh to complete his Leenane Trilogy with “A Skull in Connemara” and “The Lonesome West.”

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