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Obama In Ireland: Words to Consider, Reconsider

May 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Obama In Ireland: Words to Consider, Reconsider

Controversy has a way of revolving  around words in Ireland in a strange way. Even when Barak Obama,  President of the United States, visits we get caught up in a national debate about Enda Kenny’s welcoming speech in College Green, Dublin, and his use of Barak Obama’s very own words. But, An Taoiseach’s gift of words to…

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A Nation agog with Molly Allgood: In Synge’s Footsteps in North Mayo

Jul 25, 2010 | Comments Off on A Nation agog with Molly Allgood: In Synge’s Footsteps in North Mayo

Ireland is agog with her – with Molly Allgood. What would she have thought if she had even the faintest imagining that her name would be flying around the nation on the airwaves, on the web, in rooms and libraries where book club members gather in 2010? It seems that Joseph O’Connor’s Ghost Light has made…

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