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High Kings adapt, mark milestone
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High Kings adapt, mark milestone
The High Kings with George Murphy, left. By Colleen Taylor It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 10 years since I pulled into the high-school parki...
Apples and Spice, Everything Nice
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Apples and Spice, Everything Nice
1826 Adare is restaurant in the village of Adare, Co. Limerick. MARGARET M. JOHNSON Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Bakers preparing for Than...
'Dropped into a very special life'
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'Dropped into a very special life'
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Everyone over a certain age has clear memories of where they were when they heard about the death of Presid...
Friel ponders a place called home
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Friel ponders a place called home
Rachel Pickup and Ed Malone in “The Home Place” at the Irish Rep. PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG By Orla O’Sullivan It's easy to see why “The Home Place” ha...
New approach to music consumption
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New approach to music consumption
NOTIFY. By Daniel Neely Early last week I received an intriguing email from concertina player Pádraig Rynne of the modern band NOTIFY in which he a...
Experiencing others’ worlds through words
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Experiencing others’ worlds through words
From left, actors Rachel Weisz, Gabriel Byrne and Lisa Dwan pictured at PoetryFest with the Irish Arts Center’s Rachael Gilkey and festival curator...
Adare Manor reopens in grand style
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Adare Manor reopens in grand style
Adare Manor with its new addition. Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Following a nearly two-year ground breaking restoration, refurbishment and...
Showing resilience while celebrating immigrants
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Showing resilience while celebrating immigrants
Mark Donnelly recalled his immigrant grandfather, an English-born milkman, at the latest fundraiser for the Dwelling Place of New York. By Maura Mu...
Ear Inn’s block party for a cause
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Ear Inn’s block party for a cause
The building at 326 Spring St., home to the Ear Inn, dates to 1817 and has had a tavern on the premises for almost of all of its 200-year history. ...
Ó Ríordáin takes an Irish Stand
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Ó Ríordáin takes an Irish Stand
Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin pictured outside his Seanad office in May. His anti-Trump speech went viral in late 2016 and led to a movement called the...
Songs reaching out to marginalized
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Songs reaching out to marginalized
Lankum underwent a recent rebranding. PHOTO BY JUDITH BURROWS By Daniel Neely On Friday, the band Lankum’s new album “Between The Earth And Sky” ap...
Bring On the Fruit Cakes!
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Bring On the Fruit Cakes!
BHOFACK2 | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson Chances are if you celebrated Halloween over the past few days, you encountered ...

 

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