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Offering moral support to Irish writers
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Offering moral support to Irish writers
Jean Kennedy Smith pictured seated in a chair with a book resting on her lap on Feb. 16, 1965. ARTHUR STETTNER/JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION/A...
Art, poetry addressing our times
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Art, poetry addressing our times
Brendan Costello. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly PHOTOS BY DAN BROWN Irish American Writers & Artists has been holding its Salons online during the vi...
Castles that keep
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Castles that keep
A view of Castle Durrow through the trees. Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Now that my trip to Ireland in July has officially been cancell...
Going to the noir side during lockdown
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Going to the noir side during lockdown
Robert Mitchum in 1949. By Peter McDermott This is our fourth installment checking in with our community of artists and writers to see what they’ve...
Revealing reactions to scholar’s passing
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Revealing reactions to scholar’s passing
Pellom McDaniels III, a professor at Emory University and a former professional football player, died suddenly at home on Sunday morning, April 19....
Armed with drumsticks and courage
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Armed with drumsticks and courage
Civil War-era drummer boys. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS By Patricia Mansfield Phelan Genealogists will tell you that one of the satisfactions of researchin...
Reflections on Bloomsday 2020
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Reflections on Bloomsday 2020
James Joyce in Zurich, c. 1918. By Stephen Butler There will be no joy on Bloomsday this year. No “yes I said yes I will yes.” This year we won’t l...
'Ulysses' revives Exodus for Irish story
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'Ulysses' revives Exodus for Irish story
Prof. Abby Bender. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Charles Stewart Parnell said in Committee Room 15 at Westminster as he was being toppled...
Breakfast will Bloom online
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Breakfast will Bloom online
Star of stage and screen Fionnula Flanagan pictured with Bloom’s Noel Donovan, left, and Origin founding director George Heslin at the 2019 edition...
Celebrating James Joyce
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Celebrating James Joyce
Bread and Butter Pudding. Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Davy Byrnes, “Dublin’s literary pub,” is synonymous with James Joyce, a regular ...
Classic from Dublin’s 1st tram era
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Classic from Dublin’s 1st tram era
“Ulysses” via 22 CDs. By Peter McDermott This is our third week asking people in our arts community what they’ve been turning to culture-wise in th...
Journey on America’s Main Street
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Journey on America’s Main Street
The official Route 66 sign from 1926 until 1948. Screen Time / By Peter McDermott Using the Biblical three score and 10, you could say that 35 year...

 

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