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What Are You Like?

What Are You Like?
Malachy McCourt

By Michael Scanlon, Contributor
August / September 2011

August 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Malachy McCourt at 80: his wit and wisdom “Do I contradict myself?” Walt Whitman famously asked. “I contain multitudes!” Malachy McCourt might say the same about himself. Arriving in America in 1952 from County Limerick at age 20 with $4.00 in his pocket, he was soon drafted into the United States Air Force and served time in Germany. Returning to the United States, he … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Malachy McCourt

What Are You Like?

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2011

July 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Bill Whelan, composer of Riverdance answers 15 questions. Renowned composer, producer and arranger Bill Whelan has worked extensively in theatre, film and television. The Limerick native has produced and arranged for Irish rock legends U2, Van Morrison, the Dubliners, Richard Harris and Kate Bush. He boasts an impressive resume beginning with his position as composer to the W. … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?

What Are You Like?

By Patricia Harty, Editor-In-Chief
April / May 2011

April 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains The leader and founder of The Chieftains, six-time Grammy-winners and the world’s most popular Irish traditional music group, grew up in Donnycarney, Co. Dublin and inherited his love of music from his parents. His first instrument was a plastic tin whistle. He later graduated to the uilleann pipes learning to play from the great pipe master Leo … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?

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