Patrick McCabe

The Butcher Boy

November 6, 2021 Newsletter

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The Irish Repertory Theatre presents The Butcher Boy on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage July 21, 2022 - September 11, 2022 A New Musical by Asher Muldoon Based on the novel by Patrick McCabe Directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Music direction by David Hancock Turner Choreographed by Barry McNabb With David Baida, Nicholas Barasch, Carey Rebecca Brown, Joe Cassidy, Kerry … [Read more...] about The Butcher Boy

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By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

ROAD deaths in Ireland are on the increase despite the introduction of penalty points and a raft of new laws to curb speeding. By August, a total of 239 people were killed on Irish roads, 18 more than at the same time last year. Significantly, almost 50 percent of fatal accident victims were aged under 30 years... FILM director Neil Jordan was granted permission to use the … [Read more...] about News in Brief

August 17, 1877

Billy “the kid,” born William McCarty, commits his first murder on this day in 1877. The infamous outlaw was born in an Irish neighborhood of New York to a family who had immigrated during the famine. His mother moved his family west, where McCarty became involved with small crimes as a teenager. After getting into an argument with Irish immigrant Frank Cahill, Billy the kid shot the man and fled to New Mexico, where he began his long career of outlawry.

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