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The Irish in Britain, including those of Irish descent, make up a significant part of the UK population. Here, you will find news, entertainment, events, sports and features from the local Irish Post newspaper.
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U2 take new video to the streets of Dublin
U2 brought the streets of Dublin to a standstill as they shot the promo
video for their upcoming single Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your
Own.
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(Irish Post) 22 December 2004
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Fairytale of New York
is top Xmas hit
THE Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale of New York has been voted Britain’s favourite Christmas song in a new poll.
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(Irish Post) 22 December 2004
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A Celtic Christmas
M alcolm Rogers investigates the Celtic aspect of Christmas and looks at
how many of the traditional icons of the festive season came to be associated
with today’s celebration.
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(Irish Post) 22 December 2004
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STAR TIME 2005
Astrologer and Celtic mystic CARA LORCAN casts the runes by consulting the
ancient Celtic lunar tree months and the signs of the Zodiac to see what
2005 might have in store for you.
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(Irish Post) 22 December 2004
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Bon accord
Malcolm rogers has a read of Rob Howard’s A-Z of the Accordion — and finds it pushes all the right buttons.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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Celtic Fringe:
'Legendary Larry'
Close your eyes and listen to an unnamed CD and hopefully if the artist being played has that certain distinctive voice you will recognise them immediately.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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Comhaltas Corner: 'Glasgow Irish Minstrels dominate Fleadh Ceoil'
Glasgow's Irish Minstrels have been crowned the most successful Comhaltas branch at this year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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Charlotte tells why Ash will never fade to grey
Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley’s first solo outing Grey Will Fade received a flurry of outstanding reviews this summer. Despite speculation of a solo career, she tells Richard Purden why the Irish band will remain her top priority.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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CD Review: The Popes
THE POPES: Release The Beast. There is a live in London CD, and a new album, Holloway Boulevard.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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Fairytale return for The Pogues
The Pogues are back. The original line-up has reformed for a rare nine-date tour. RICHARD PURDEN caught up with tin whistler Spider Stacy and legendary frontman Shane MacGowan.
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(Irish Post) 15 December 2004
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Nesbitt to turn his hand to production
Actor James Nesbitt is turning producer. The Coleraine star has set up a film production company with fellow Irish actor Vince Regan.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Stones In His Pockets adds extra dates to national tour
More dates have been added to the Stones In His Pockets national tour.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Thrills weigh up the offers
Irish rock newcomers The Thrills are torn between supporting REM and U2 on their upcoming tours — or taking some time off to have a well-earned break.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Irish duo up for US awards
Irish actor Liam Neeson has been nominated in the Best Male Lead category at the Independent Spirit Awards, America’s art house equivalent of the Oscars.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Theatre Review
Dublin-born actress Juli Turpin has landed a challenging role in Paul Birtill’s play Happy Christmas — currently showing at Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Christmas tales
What better present for a child then the gift of a book at Christmas? Martina Evans rounds up the best of Irish fiction for the younger members of the family.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Having a Celtic Christmas
As a flood of CDs hits record shops in the run-up to Christmas, there’s a good chance you’ll have some Irish music in your shopping bags. MALCOLM ROGERS looks at how Celtic music has become a cult buy for music-lovers at this time of the year.
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(Irish Post) 8 December 2004
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Celtic Fringe:'Xmas comes early'
When the postman knocked on the door to deliver the two albums featured this week, I fully expected him to be wearing a red outfit with a bushy white beard and boarding a sleigh to finish the rest of his round.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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Comhaltas Corner:'London Junior Fleadh is a great success'
Seamus Brogan has been in contact, singing the praises of a very successful Junior Fleadh held recently by the North London branch of Comhaltas at the Irish Centre in Haringey.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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Irish artists lead the way at BBC awards
Planxty lead a string of Irish groups who have been nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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School’s out for Brian
The video for Brian McFadden’s new single has been withdrawn after a Christian Brothers’ school objected to it being depicted on tape.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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Surprise U2 gig in New York
U2 have played to thousands of fans at a surprise concert under New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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CD Review
The Pogues Red Roses For Me, Rum Sodomy And The Lash, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Peace And Love, Hell’s Ditch, Waiting For Herb, Pogue Mahone.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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Chasing the tale
Brash, bawdy, lewd and crude. These are just some of the words which have been used to describe Ireland’s latest contribution to the film industry — Man About Dog.
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(Irish Post) 1 December 2004
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Fighting talk
Irish actor and musician Kieran Cunningham is currently rehearsing for a new role in the Christmas production at the Duke’s Theatre, Lancaster.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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Celtic Fringe:'32 Irish favourites'
Although we all have our favourite artists and love to listen to them, it is nice sometimes to put on a compilation album and hear a variety of other Irish artists’ styles, arrangements, choice of songs and vocal deliveries.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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Comhaltas Corner:'2004 Gradam Ceoil winners announced'
The Gradam Ceoil TG4 (National Traditional Music Awards) is Ireland’s most prestigious award ceremony to honour the best in traditional music and song.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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X-Factor’s Tabby calls for Irish support
X Factor star Tabby Callaghan has told The Pulse he has the “experience and the guts” to win the ITV show, but has called on the Irish in Britain to help him in his quest.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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U2 star chose fame over priesthood
U2 drummer Larry Mullen has revealed his mother wanted him to join the priesthood.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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Fran gets ready for the jungle
Irish club owner and DJ Fran Cosgrave says he joined ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… because he wanted he wanted to change people’s perceptions of him.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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The power of words
In the past few weeks author Frank Delaney has been just about everywhere — gracing the pages of newspapers and magazines, on television and in radio studios.
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(Irish Post) 24 November 2004
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A Winter’s Tale
A new series of children’s books from Ireland have finally hit British bookstores. Martina Evans looks at what’s on offer to fire the imagination during the long winter evenings.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Tabby tipped to become a chart-topper
Westlife’s Mark Feehily has revealed that he knew the X-Factor’s Tabby Callaghan was destined for stardom the minute they met.
And the singer said he would love to write a song for his Sligo pal when he launches his solo career.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Geldof’s last minute dash
Geldof was forced to run around photocopying his handwritten lyrics to Do They Know It’s Christmas? at Live Aid in 1985 because none of the celebrities could remember the words.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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U2 album faced with net piracy
Pirated versions of U2’s new album How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb have appeared on file-sharing networks on the internet — a week before the album’s official release date.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Destiny calls Paddy
On a cold Friday evening in March 2002, I travelled to Felinfach Theatre in Wales with Ursula and her band to share an evening with Paddy O’Brien and his band.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Armagh Pipers announce Kennedy Festival line-up
The Armagh Pipers Club have announced details of the 11th William Kennedy Piping Festival.
First held in 1994 to commemorate the extraordinary life of the blind 18th century pipe maker from Tandragee in Co. Armagh, the festival has grown to become one of the biggest of its kind in the world.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Bringing Lennon back to life
And In The End has proved to be a huge hit. Both critics and audiences have been knocked out by the powerful performance provided by Valentine Pelka as John Lennon and the pace, wit and downright frankness of the narrative written by Emmy Award-winner Sandy Marshall.
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(Irish Post) 17 November 2004
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Is Daniel selling himself short?
Daniel O’Donnell’s latest album is a fine tribute to the late Jim Reeves. But james mckeefry challenges Daniel to ensure that in years to come we will be listening to tributes to the Donegal singer instead.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - Collies’ new album captures live energy
A new CD has been released from the Sligo-based Irish traditional group The Border Collies, winners of the Comhraigh Ceol competition organised by Trent recording studios in association with Irish Music magazine.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Liverpool Irish Festival Diary
The Liverpool Irish festival opens on Thursday October 21 at the Festival Club, Fly in the Loaf, Hardman St. from 8pm to 11pm, with a spectacular gathering of local musicians and singers to celebrate the launch of this year’s event.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Celtic Fringe - Four for the price of one
Almost 40 years ago, a young Irish country singer was beginning his career stepping on to the stage with his band the Polka Dots.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Kitt covers new ground with old songs
DAVID Kitt releases an album of cover songs entitled The Black & Red Notebook through Rough Trade on November 15.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Farrell lined up for Miami Vice movie
PRODUCERS want Colin Farrell to star in the big screen version of Miami Vice.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Boyzone in reunion tour talks
BOYZONE are finalising plans to reform for a single and tour next year - minus lead singer Ronan Keating.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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CD REVIEW - The Black Family
If you’ve got Mary Black and Frances Black on an album you can’t really go too far wrong. Mind you, whoever put this album together very nearly did.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Bishop from Queens set for reign as King of Irish comedy
As comedian Des Bishop continues to take Ireland by storm, Enda brady remembers the year he shared a dormitory with the New York-born stand-up while they both studied for the Leaving Certificate at St Peter’s College in Wexford.
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(Irish Post) 20 October 2004
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Colin Farrell turned down by Jamelia
IRISH bad boy Colin Farrell has been labelled a “tramp” by British R&B beauty Jamelia.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Brosnan’s on dual duty to support John Kerry
Pierce Brosnan has become an American citizen because he wants the right to vote for John Kerry in the upcoming presidential election.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Gavin swaps gardens for glamour
TELLY gardener Diarmuid Gavin is to put down his trowel to star in the latest series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - Pipers gather in Oxford
A Piping Tionól is a gathering of Uilleann pipers and comprises lessons in piping, reed-making, concerts, and general socialising and sharing of information.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - Belfast hosts traditional music marathon
The sixth Open House Festival will run until Sunday October 24 — with its biggest and most international programme of events to date.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Bosie’s book comes up for auction
A BOOK by Lord Alfred Douglas that demonized his former lover Oscar Wilde and was never published because it
libeled the British prime minister of the day is to be sold at auction this month.
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(Irish Post) 5 October 2004
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Celtic Fringe - To America and back
I’m always grateful to artists, fans, record companies, listeners to my show and readers of this column when they forward new CDs to me.Recently, Sharpe Records from Dungannon sent me a copy of
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - Flagship festival returns
London’s flagship traditional Irish music and dancing festival returns to the capital this month, with more top musicians, artists and teachers than ever before.
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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O’Casey classic resonates with conflicts of today
THE director of a revival of the classic play Shadow Of A Gunman claims the drama has something meaningful to say about occupying authorities in Iraq and Chechnya, as well as during the Irish civil war.
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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Ronan tells Boyz to reunite
RONAN Keating has urged his former Boyzone bandmates to take inspiration from rock star Slash and reform the group without its original frontman.
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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Album REVIEW - John Jughes
Immaculately packaged, a beautiful young blonde woman, Celtic overtones — this album will probably sell a million.
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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Drama with a capital ‘D’
Oh yes, I've always been a man for the written word. Which is why I enjoy meeting up with my old friend Gerry Molumby, an actor and singer extraordinaire. Gerry is very excited about the...
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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John steps into the limelight
Irishman John Hughes has gone from busking on the streets to managing mega-selling family rock outfit The Corrs.
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(Irish Post) 30 September 2004
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Celtic Fringe - You’re sure to like it...
Longford entertainer Mick Flavin’s latest album — Try It You’ll Like It — is his first studio recording for four years and is due for release later this month.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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The Chieftains dig up the old gems as British tour begins
THE Chieftains are to reissue their RCA back catalogue at mid-price to coincide with their first full British tour in six years.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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Out from the shadows
CLASSIC Irish play The Shadow Of A Gunman is to come to The Tricycle Theatre for a five-week season at the end of September.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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Wild about Oscar
A CAST of Hollywood actors, television and sports celebrities and rock stars are being lined up to feature in a film to celebrate Oscar Wilde’s 150th birthday.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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Gone but not forgotten
As the summer drips away we are suddenly 10 years on from the IRA ceasefire of 1994 and it really does look as if there is no going back.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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Lúnasa reborn
JON LUSK talks to Lúnasa founder and guitarist Donogh Hennessy about their new album and the band’s history.
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(Irish Post) 9 September 2004
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Stars’ wedding will wait
IRISH Hollywood star Stuart Townsend has quashed rumours he is to marry girlfriend Charlize Theron.
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(Irish Post ) 31 August 2004
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BEST OF LUCK TO Brian SAY WESTLIFE
WESTLIFE have congratulated their former bandmate Brian McFadden on his new look.
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(Irish Post ) 31 August 2004
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Irish writers are looking good for the Man Booker prize
IRISH writers Colm Tóibín and Ronan Bennett have been named on the longlist for the £50,000 Man Booker prize.
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(Irish Post ) 31 August 2004
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CD REVIEW - Janet Holmes & the Hillbilly Soul Foundation
You may not have heard of Janet Holmes, but if you’re interested in country music in any shape or form, I would suggest you have a look at your housekeeping this month and see if you can’t make a few adjustments to scrape together the money for this album.
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(Irish Post ) 31 August 2004
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Planxty encore
With a successful reunion concert behind them and a DVD and album just released, Planxty are undergoing something of a renaissance. MALCOLM ROGERS considers their position in the pantheon of Irish bands.
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(Irish Post ) 31 August 2004
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Not neighbourly
Many, many people here have said to me that the one characteristic of rural Ireland that has changed, that has gone, is that of neighbour calling on neighbour.
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(Irish Post) 31 August 2004
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Anois agus arís - The Irish ‘Liberator of Greece’
Those readers who went to Athens to witness the Olympics, especially those from Cork, may be forgiven for not visiting the Proto-Nekrotafio, the ‘First Cemetery’ in the city. None of the literature given to Irish visitors mentions it.
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(Irish Post) 31 August 2004
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“They said I wasn’t Irish”
HOLLYWOOD star Maureen O’Hara has revealed she made US history by becoming the first person to be recognised as Irish by the US Government.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Fantasy Ireland
IT is not really about the environment, social justice, or even a fair distribution of the wealth generated in the last 10 years in this country. All of those things come into it, but it is essentially about something else.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Farrell grateful for Oliver’s honesty
COLIN Farrell has paid tribute to director Oliver Stone’s criticism of his “terrible” acting performance in the film epic Alexander.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Best thing since Benny Hill
COMEDIAN Graham Norton stunned fans of his American TV show when he appeared dressed as the Queen and cracked a flurry of tasteless jokes.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Home is where the heart is
David Stanford talks to Fidelma Largey about her journey from a conventional Irish upbringing to life as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in London.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Church doors open for film on singer
A BISHOP has given permission to Oscar-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan to shoot part of his new movie in a church.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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CD REVIEW - Maura O’Connell
I’ve never really wavered from my opinion that of all the female singers that Ireland has produced over the last couple of decades, Clare woman Maura O’Connell is the pick of the bunch.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Bonnie Stewart: Make Memories
MAKE Memories features Co. Down lass Bonnie Stewart more than ably assisted by Brendan McGarrity on drums, lead and harmony vocals.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Martin Cuffe: The Rarest Flowers
Martin Cuffe’s latest album was actually recorded earlier this year before an unfortunate voice problem forced him off the
road.
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(Irish Post ) 25 August 2004
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Doctor Doolittle was Mayo immigrant’s son
Since the 1920s, generations of children in many countries throughout
the world have encountered the adventures of Dr. Dolittle, the man who
talked with animals.
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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Kíla on the loose
Fresh from a storming performance at the recent WOMAD festival Irish
band Kíla are looking for more success during the rest of 2004.
Malachy O’Neill caught up with guitarist Lance Hogan to hear their
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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Seeking Ireland
So this is what they call a fine soft day and the tourists in waterproofs
walk through the town hoping for sunshine before they move on and they
take refuge in pubs and drink coffee and seek Ireland in guidebooks.
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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Irish stand-ups shape up for the
Edinburgh Fringe
STAND-UP comics Colin Murphy and Jason Byrne have embarked on a keep-fit
regime to help them survive the demands of this summer’s Edinburgh
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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Omagh bomb film tipped for a prize
THE Irish feature film Omagh — based on one of the Trouble’s
worst atrocities — has been selected for official competition
at the prestigious San Sebastian film festival.
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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A new National Diploma in Traditional
Irish Music
This is an exciting new course in professional development for performers
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(Irish Post) 19 August 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - New drinking laws impact on young musicians
Recent legislation banning under-18s from licensed premises after 9pm is now affecting young performing artists in Ireland who have had to pull out of annual summer cabaret and evening shows traditionally held in Irish pubs and hotels.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Celtic Fringe
Ursula: Just One More Time
Kathy Kane: It’ll Happen When It’s Time/Strong Enough To Cry
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Festival time in Co. Down
The award-winning Celtic Fusion Festival, now extends to 12 days in 2004, featuring an impressive array of 27 unmissable events, from August 4-15 featuring the best in traditional music.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Brian’s keeping it real
BRIAN McFadden will launch his solo career with a withering attack on life in Westlife.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Keith’s gripping moment
Fans of Coronation Street will intrigued to hear that man-eater Tracy Barlow will soon be getting her claws into manly barman Ciaran McCarthy — played by ex-BoyZone singer Keith Duffy.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Pop stars head for movie and TV roles
SAMANTHA Mumba has begun filming her first ever Irish feature film — and it’s a horror movie.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Why marry when you can clone?
DUBLIN photographer Ronan Haughton is the object and star of a startling exhibition of his work which looks at the future of “identity marketing”.
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(Irish Post ) 6 August 2004
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Step aside Michael, here comes Michael
THE LEAD dancer and choreographer of a new Irish dance show claims that his extravaganza is far better than Lord of the Dance or Riverdance because the troupe is bringing the show to the people.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July 2004
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Don’t call me Bryan
POP star Brian McFadden has been struck with delusions of grandeur after changing the spelling of his forename in order to become the king of the music world.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July 2004
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Irish drinking culture gets the better of Ray
HARDMAN Ray Winstone has claimed that drinking is Ireland’s “national sport”.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July 2004
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CD REVIEW - SWEENEY’S MEN
Over the space of four years in the 1970s, Sweeney’s men came up with five line-ups, three singles, and two albums.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July 2004
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Celtic Fringe - Créme de la créme
There comes a time in the musical life of a singer when a successive and successful collection of hit songs establishes the artist as a star and their voice and signature tunes become instantly recognisable.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July2004
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Looking back to see the future
Thousands of visitors to Tate Britain’s retrospective of 1960s
art will be going home with something more modern in the shape of a cuddly toy fashioned by Irish designer Orla Kiely.
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(Irish Post ) 14 July 2004
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Comhaltas Corner - Treat yourself to Téada
They have been named “Best Traditional Newcomers” in the Irish Music magazine, and called “a fresh force in traditional Irish music” by the Irish Echo.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Celtic Fringe - Send them home sweating
This week is a collection of four CDs from Emerald Records in Co. Antrim.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Mr Soul shows his big heart
Starsky and Hutch actor David Soul is such a nice guy that he put himself up for auction at the annual ball of charity GOAL.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Thin Lizzy’s classic
A NEW ‘best of’ album from Thin Lizzy is to bring together the songs of Ireland’s best ever rock band.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Bono muses name options for album
BONO has admitted that he does not know what to call U2's long-awaited new album.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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MacGowan fights back after attack
Shane MacGowan flew into Dublin recently to recuperate after the vicious assault he suffered at the hands of thugs in a London pub.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Gregory’s Girl
Few have had a better start to their career than Clare Grogan. She appeared in one of the most popular and influential Scottish films of all time in Gregory’s Girl and fronted one of the best alternative pop acts of the ’80s with Altered Images.
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(Irish Post ) 29 June 2004
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Singing in the rain...
THE heavens may have opened — but the craic was still mighty at this year’s Fleadh.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Loving feeling
SAMANTHA Mumba says she fears she will never find true love.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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I’m not spoilt — honest
COMIC Dara O Briain plays a one-off show at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park in the capital on Sunday, June 27.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Theatre REVIEW - " Belfast Blues "
Geraldine Hughes gives a sustained performance which demands the attention of the audience for the full 90 minutes of this play.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Shonagh’s musical odyssey
Limerick songbird Shonagh Daly is facing a fresh test as she gears up for the release of her first album.
BRENDAN FARRELL caught up with her in Birmingham to hear of her remarkable rise to fame.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Celtic Fringe - Classic tunes
I recently received The Only Fire That Burns — a promotional single from Billy McFarland that will be reviewed in more detail when the completed album of the same name is released.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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All Britain Fleadh Cheoil Weekend
The premier cultural event of Comhaltas in Britain is the all-Britain Fleadh held this year on the June 26-27 venue is the University of Leicester, which is very close to the City
Centre
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Míse festival engagements
Summer time has come, the festival season is upon us, and the north London band Míse comprising Liam O’Sullivan — accordion, Tim Dowd — Ulilean Pipes, Flute & Whistles Daniel Griffin — Bodhrán, Whistle Matt Griffin — Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar will be performing at a venue near you.
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(Irish Post ) 22 June 2004
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Irish musician wins American National Heritage
Boston-born Joe Derrane has been chosen by the American National Endowment for the Arts as a National Heritage Fellowship recipient for 2004.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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A world worth exploring
Nestled in the west of Ireland in the Gaeltacht area of Co. Donegal is a family man with a gentle melodic voice who has been singing for over two decades.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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Fleadh preview
Thousands of people will descend this Sunday on Finsbury Park as The Fleadh makes a triumphant return to the capital and this year, a young crop of Irish artists promise to make this festival the best ever.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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theatre REVIEW - Shining City
In his new work, Shining City, Conor McPherson revisits the theme of ghostly haunting, a favourite subject of this hugely talented playwright.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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Sympathy for an old devil
Legendary Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham explains to Richard Purden in a rare interview why he decided to unveil a scarce documentary film of the band’s tour of Ireland in 1965 and how he owes his career to an Irishman.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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A barren countryside?
A while back I was talking to an Englishman about life in rural England where he lived. He said it was a beautiful part of the world and somewhere that he would never leave.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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Love is the drug
Ringaskiddy, you may already know, is the world’s biggest producer of Viagra. The multinational Pfizer has its main factories in Co. Cork, and business has been brisk ever since the product came on to the market some years ago.
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(Irish Post ) 16 June 2004
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A personal Ulysses primer
Just to help you out on the day, I thought I’d reproduce a Question & Answer focus group I recently held at the Knocksticken Arms to help people out with their Joyce.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Joyce jamboree
June 16 is the big day for Joyce fans throughout the world — because exactly 100 years ago in 1904 Jim and Norah Barnacle went on their walkabout round Dublin, and one of the greatest novels of the 20th century resulted.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Launch of the Leo Rowsome collection
It was a gala evening at Cultírlann na hÉireann recently when the Leo Rowsome Collection of Irish Music was launched.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Hugo Duncan — The Wee Man from Strabane
It was on a warm summer morning that I left Downings in Donegal and travelled over the border into Strabane to interview one of Strabane’s best
known singers for my radio show back in England.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Thrills turn up the volume
THE Thrills are putting the finishing touches to their second album — with a little help from their famous friends.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Lúnasa robbed on New Zealand tour
TRAD band Lúnasa have spoken of their horror after they were robbed of more than £6,000 in cash and valuables during their first show of a New Zealand tour.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Travolta drops in for some golf
JOHN Travolta gave members at an Irish golf club a shock when the A-list actor turned up to play a round.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Book REVIEW - Suffer the Captive Children
Stephen Joyce is in so many ways a definitive example of our particular sub-species — Irish people who left the native shores looking for a better life for ourselves, and fetched up in Britain.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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ReJoyce, it’s Bloomsday!
Dublin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday — the fictitious 24 hours celebrated in James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses. JON MYLES guides you through the celebrations while BRENDAN LYNCH looks at Joyce’s links with Britain.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Tunes online
The famous O’Neill’s Music Of Ireland book (1,850 tunes) is now available over the Internet. The webpage includes printable sheet music and midis of all tunes in the book
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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ReJoyce, it’s Bloomsday!
Dublin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday — the fictitious 24 hours celebrated in James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses. JON MYLES guides you through the celebrations while BRENDAN LYNCH looks at Joyce’s links with Britain.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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To penetrate Ulysses, listen to it on tape
Rejoyce Dublin 2004, the festival that marks the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday next week, is a valiant attempt to give James Joyce back to the people who inspired his greatest work — the people of Dublin.
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(Irish Post ) 8 June 2004
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Together in harmony
Recently Irish superstar Ronan Keating recorded a country style single called Last Thing On My Mind with American country diva LeAnn Rimes and entered the British charts.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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Join the summer trad trail!
For all those who are holidaying in Ireland this summer and looking for a spot of traditional entertainment, Comhaltas has compiled the following list of venues, where you will find a lively and colourful display of traditional music, song, dance and storytelling through July and August.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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Girl trio’s date with Madonna
GIRL trio Bellefire have been picked by Madonna to support the Queen of Pop at her massive Slane show on August 29.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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A waste of good
THE ITV show Hell’s Kitchen has been criticised by homeless charities and civic leaders angry at the way it throws away and wastes good quality food.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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McMenamin puts on a sinister show
IRISH actor Ciaran McMenamin is to shelve his squeaky clean image when he stars with Amanda Burton in the final instalment of the hit BBC drama Silent Witness.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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Westlife star Egan catches stalkers
WESTLIFE star Kian Egan has caught two stalkers who rifled through his belongings backstage during a show in Dublin.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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Darren’s heart is in the right place
BIRMINGHAM-based Heart FM Radio station presenter Darren Kelly’s shows may not have that much of a Celtic flavour — but he's doing his fair share for the area’s massive Irish community.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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SURVIVOR: MEMOIRS OF A PROSTITUTE
THE subject of prostitution is rarely raised as a topic for discussion on an evening out with friends.
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(Irish Post ) 5 June 2004
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Jordan’s blast for bomb inquiry
FILM director Neil Jordan has spoken for the first time about how a relative of his was killed in the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan pub bombings.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Farrell’s foul
ORGANISERS at the Cannes Film Festival have been surprised by Colin Farrell’s toilet habits.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Moore politics
THE controversial film-maker and political activist Michael Moore has generated reams of column inches at Cannes for his documentary Farenheit 9/11.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Burke & Hare’s new lease of life
A NEW film by novelist Irvine Welsh is to update the tale of two 19th century Irish canal workers who murdered their way around Edinburgh to sell body parts to the city’s medical students.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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U2 can get the new album in November
THE next U2 album will be released this year, according to the band’s manager Paul McGuinness.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Ghost in the poitín
With acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson about to launch his new work Shining City on the London stage, David Stanford looks in on preparations for an amateur production of his haunting classic The Weir — which is still a favourite among thespians here and in Ireland.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Anna’s dramatic fight for survival
Anna Scher is an acclaimed drama teacher whose methods have inspired countless young hopefuls to achieve greatness. Following a decline into depression, she is now fighting to regain her place at the theatre that bears her name PAUL DONOVAN reports.
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(Irish Post) 28 May 2004
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Country all over the world
Today’s artists highlight the popularity of country and Irish music across the world, as the men under the spotlight travel to Australia and Greece to entertain both exiles and non-Irish who love the strains of good old country and Irish tunes.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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Celebrate 50 years of the Fleadh Nua
Today there are many Irish traditional festivals organised throughout the summer months, but the Fleadh Nua, which started in Dublin in 1970, and this year celebrates its 30th year in Ennis is the forerunner of them all.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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Greengrass follows up with Omagh bomb film
THE director of a new film on the Omagh bombing has described the tragedy as the single greatest atrocity of the Troubles.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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Catherine takes on druggie role
CATHERINE Zeta Jones is to star as a cocaine addict in an adaptation of best-selling Irish writer Marion Keyes’ novel Rachel’s Holiday.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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Liam lines up his next film
LIAM Neeson is in talks to star opposite Cillian Murphy in director Neil Jordan’s adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s novel Breakfast on Pluto.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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Keep taking the medicine
The Saw Doctors have written songs about topics as diverse as baling hay and Michael D Higgins. When ENDA BRADY caught up with them in Cheltenham recently the issues discussed ranged from life on tour to the case of a missing hotel room and a horse called Best Mate.
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(Irish Post) 20 May 2004
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A change in the climate
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