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Thriller’s cop driven by torment, loss
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Thriller’s cop driven by torment, loss
“Bloodlands,” starring James Nesbitt, is now streaming via Acorn TV after it was a ratings hit abroad on the BBC. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACORN TV By Kar...
Naughton seizes his opportunity
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Naughton seizes his opportunity
The title “Running Through Woods & Falling in Bogholes” is inspired by childhood events. By Daniel Neely The increasing number of vaccinated people...
Calvary is historic resting place
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Calvary is historic resting place
A photograph taken in Calvary Cemetery on a morning in March 2015. [PETER MCDERMOTT] By Geoffrey Cobb Driving out of frenzied Manhattan heading out...
Mini Desserts for Every Taste
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Mini Desserts for Every Taste
Carrot Cake in a Jar. Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson You like cheesecake. Your mother likes carrot cake. Your son likes brownies. If you’re facin...
Superstar hosted '60 greats on TV
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Superstar hosted '60 greats on TV
Senator Robert F. Kennedy addresses a crowd at San Fernando Valley State College, Calif., during his 1968 presidential campaign. By Peter McDermott...
Quinn backed the under-appreciated
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Quinn backed the under-appreciated
John Quinn, c. 1913. By Geoffrey Cobb The life and accomplishments of John Quinn are so improbable that that if they were fiction no one would beli...
Rose shows frightening resolve
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Rose shows frightening resolve
Ann Skelly in "Rose Plays Julie." By Mike Houlihan For those looking for artistic descendants of Alfred Hitchcock and his unique style, building su...
Instealladh
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Instealladh
An jab. Columnist Maura Mulligan decided to use here experience getting the vaccine injection as a tool to teach the past tense of the irregular ve...
Irish centers are on cultural frontline
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Irish centers are on cultural frontline
Natalie Nugent O’Shea, Executive Director of Celtic Junction Arts Center, St. Paul, Minn., and husband Cormac Ó Sé, president of Celtic Junction Ar...
Scholars who take crime seriously
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Scholars who take crime seriously
By Peter McDermott In 2017, an emeritus professor of English at the University of Notre Dame while praising an Irish novelist, a protégé of his, in...
How Dublin’s mayor conquered U.S.
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How Dublin’s mayor conquered U.S.
President John F. Kennedy met with Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Ambassador to the United States from Ireland Thomas J. Kiernan, on Ova...
Album made at beloved, welcoming place
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Album made at beloved, welcoming place
The outstanding album also comes with a set of great liner notes. By Daniel Neely This week it’s a real pleasure to write about “Boston And Maine, ...

 

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