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Magic of the Musicals – Kiss Me, Kate

Date: Jan 25, 22
Liam Nolan charts the stories of the world’s best loved musicals. No. 4 - ‘Kiss Me, Kate’  ...

Cats, Literally! – a look at famous fictional felines

Date: Jan 25, 22
Cats have featured in various books, comics, films and television down through the years. Francis...

Classic Film – There Will Be Blood

Date: Jan 25, 22
By Arthur Flynn There will Be Blood was an epic American period drama. It dealt with greed, capi...

Food for Thought – a light-hearted look at gastronomic experiences

Date: Jan 25, 22
By Gerry Moran We were talking about food in the pub the other night. Now we weren’t chatting ab...

The Irish & the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

Date: Jan 18, 22
In an introduction to his new series The Irish & the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Cian M...

Magic of the Musicals – Annie Get Your Gun

Date: Jan 18, 22
Part 3 of a weekly series by Liam Nolan   The very next musical smash hit on Broadway foll...

Ballad Sheet – The Rising of the Moon

Date: Jan 18, 22
In part 41 of this series, Eugene Dunphy tells the story of a Westmeath teenager and a rebel anth...

Celebrating Australia Day

Date: Jan 18, 22
By Helen Morgan Every year Australia Day is celebrated on the 26th January. It commemorates the ...

Bridie Gallagher – the Girl From Donegal

Date: Jan 11, 22
On the tenth anniversary of her death, author Colm Keane revisits an interview he did with the ic...

Lawrence Kavenagh escaped Van Diemen’s Land

Date: Jan 11, 22
By Pauline Murphy Lawrence Kavenagh was born in Avoca, Co. Wicklow in 1810 and his life of crimi...