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CD showcases ‘golden age’ 78s
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CD showcases ‘golden age’ 78s
Oldtime Records meets an elite standard when reissuing music. By Daniel Neely As a huge fan of early Irish music recordings and of Irish traditiona...
Don’t judge CD by cover art
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Don’t judge CD by cover art
Hibernia: an outdated concept? By Colleen Taylor This week, I experienced one of the most humbling surprises in the course of my time reviewing Iri...
Trip to U.S.’s 'most Irish' town
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Trip to U.S.’s 'most Irish' town
The author in front of the statue of Marcus Daly in Butte, Mont. By Harry Dunleavy The State of Montana, known in Spanish times as Territoria De La...
When Montague went back to Brooklyn
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When Montague went back to Brooklyn
Two Ulster writers, Brian Friel, left, and John Montague, spoke when the latter was conferred with an honorary doctorate in UCD on Bloomsday 2011. ...
CD explores ancient repertory
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CD explores ancient repertory
Kevin Rowsome is in the fifth generation of a famous piping family and his daughters are part of the sixth. By Daniel Neely The name “Rowsome” is o...
Neeson used ‘denial’ to prepare
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Neeson used ‘denial’ to prepare
Liam Neeson dropped “16 or 17 pounds” for his role as Jesuit missionary Fr. Ferreira in "Silence." PARAMOUNT PICTURES By Karen Butler Ballymena-bor...
Brunch Time!
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Brunch Time!
DANIELLE MCCOLLUM | DREAMSTIME.COM Recipes | Margaret M. Johnson For more than 100 years, brunch — derived from the words “breakfast” and “brunch” ...
Harte’s love CD will inspire
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Harte’s love CD will inspire
By Daniel Neely Frank Harte was one of Ireland’s greatest traditional singers and perhaps its greatest song collector. A source for musicians like ...
High Kings CD is year’s best
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High Kings CD is year’s best
By Colleen Taylor Historically speaking, 2016 had many ups and downs, but musically speaking, 2016 was full of highlights. Here are my five favorit...
Repulsion vies with attraction
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Repulsion vies with attraction
By Joseph Goodrich “By Women Possessed” by Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb; Putnam hardcover; 896 pp; $50. “The demand that I make of my reader,” Jame...
‘A vividly humane account’
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‘A vividly humane account’
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Danny Morrison’s “Then The Walls Came Down,” which was first published in 1999 to favorable reviews, went o...
The Black Mountain reindeer
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The Black Mountain reindeer
Danny Morrison, author of "Then The Walls Came Down." PHOTO BY BOBBIE HANVEY By Danny Morrison This an extract from “Then The Walls Came Down,” a c...

 

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