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Mad About Lettice

Date: Jan 7, 15
I love Lettice. Let me explain. That isn’t a mis-spelling of the little green salad star, but the...

Jimmy O’Dea died 50 years ago

Date: Jan 7, 15
By Noel Coogan Fifty years ago this month one of the Ireland’s best-loved entertainers passed aw...

When there was no winner!

Date: Jan 5, 15
Eddie Ryan reports on a unique Five Nations Championships In 1973, Ireland were involved in the ...

Johnny has big plans for 2015

Date: Jan 5, 15
Johnny McEvoy, one of the most popular faces on the Irish music scene over the past 50 years is l...

New series – Irish TV Shows, part one – The Late Late Show

Date: Jan 5, 15
First, a question. Can you name the four regular presenters of The Late Late Show? Four? I hear y...

Miss Bluebell from Dublin

Date: Jan 5, 15
By Alison Ross When Margaret Kelly died in 2004 at the age of 94, hundreds of women from all ove...

New series – Legends of the American Frontier

Date: Jan 5, 15
By Anthony F. Hughes Back around 1830 tales of the American frontier started appearing in paperb...

The history of Auld Lang Syne

Date: Jan 5, 15
By Stuart Lewis In what has developed into a global tradition on the last day of any given year,...

Festive short story – Bridie’s Christmas Holiday

Date: Dec 16, 14
A Tale of old Seamus by Gerry McMullough I usually manage to get up to Donegal around Christmas,...

Christmas in olden days in West Cork

Date: Dec 16, 14
Eugene Daly revisits the work of Sean O hAo, Glandore, and his recollections of Christmas traditi...