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KIRWAN: Time to Re-Evaluate Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan would have celebrated his 100th birthday a couple of weeks back if he’d stayed alive. But that was hardly on the cards for a hell-rai...
February 23, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: More and More Lonely People
Eleanor Rigby changed it all for The Beatles. Up until then they had rarely strayed far from the conventions of pop music: boy meets girl, girl dum...
February 09, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: Passing of a Special Music Man
:Terry Hall passed away recently. “Terry who?” You might say. Perhaps, it would ring a bell were I to say Terry Hall, singer with The Specials? Ter...
January 26, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: A kinship with the Irish of Argentina
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe may have been the brightest stars of the 2022 World Cup Final, but BBC Sports readers rated Argentina’s Alexis Mac A...
January 12, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: A Keen Eye for the Hidden Ireland
Whenever I go back home I always keep a weather eye open for the hidden Ireland. Alas, I rarely catch a glimpse of this roiling presence in modern ...
December 29, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: The Ghosts and Poets of Christmas
The Ghost of Christmas Past seems to be ever present this time of year – particularly for immigrants. Think of it, do you fixate on home around St....
December 16, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN Chickie's Potion of Wisdom, Joy and Beer
I have no idea when I first met John “Chickie” Donohue, but it was sometime back in the 20th Century. Where I met him should be easier, but again i...
December 01, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: Hold On Thar Mr. Federal Reserve Man
So, who is Jerome Hayden Powell? He’s the 16th Chair of the Federal Reserve and he holds your future in his hands. Who elected him? No one, yet in ...
November 16, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: New and a Long Time Coming
I recently spent a week in Ireland. I usually take a group over annually on a historical/musical tour, but because of the pandemic this was my firs...
November 03, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: Joyously In The Thick Of It
It’s not often you open your mailbox and find a picture of you taken 45 years ago, especially when it’s the cover of an album you’d recorded back i...
October 19, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: Cool to the Thought of a Warming World
The Ospreys were still diving in Long Island Sound in early October. They’re usually long gone by now. It’s a hell of a journey to South America wh...
October 06, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
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KIRWAN: Irish Dance a Language All Its Own
Back where I came from few boys aspired to be Irish dancers. It would have been considered suicidal to trip daintily around the back streets of Wex...
September 21, 2022
by Larry Kirwan