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You’ve Got Mail: Irish History From Stamps

By Christine Kinealy, Contributor
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by </a> By Christine Kinealy, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2020-archive/march-april-2020/">March / April 2020</a> Leave a Comment

℘℘℘ Over the last four decades, stamp-collecting, also known as “philately,” has been undergoing a slow but sure death. This has been mirrored by a decline in letter-writing and a similar wane in the use of cursive writing. Consequently, the hobby of stamp-collecting, so beloved by generations of schoolchildren, is mostly the preserve of people above the age of 60. Ireland’s … [Read more...] about You’ve Got Mail: Irish History From Stamps

Great Irish Song Stamps

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/patricia-harty/">Patricia Harty</a>, Editor-in-Chief<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/may-june-2019/">May / June 2019</a> Leave a Comment

U2 and The Cranberries are among notable Irish musicians featured on a new set of stamps celebrating great Irish songs. The Cranberries’ global smash hit “Dreams” is included along with U2’s “With or Without You,” “Danny Boy” by John McCormack, and “On Raglan Road” by Luke Kelly. Each of the songs have been chosen by An Post (the Irish postal administration) because of the way … [Read more...] about Great Irish Song Stamps

September 27, 2000

Thirty-three years after the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses was released, Ireland finally decided to lift the ban on the film. Many consider Joyce’s great novel to be “unfilmable.” However, Joseph Strick, an idealistic American director, decided to take up the project. His adaptation, much like the book, drew much controversy. Many scenes were cut at its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. In Ireland, film censors unilaterally banned the film saying that it was “subversive to public morality.” Ulysses was the second film to have the ban lifted, following Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in 1999.

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