The Irish (and Redmondite) origins of the Augusta National Clubhouse
Denis Redmond who designed what is now the clubhouse might be baffled by what it has become
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Denis Redmond who designed what is now the clubhouse might be baffled by what it has become
Sheet music of the Jerome song sold a million copies
The Child of Prague is a statue of limitations, apparently: its responsibilities begin and end with blue skies
His byelection victory in 1917 was an indication of a profound change in the direction of Irish politics
Colm Keena: My professional life has been spent wandering the city, poking into places I might not be welcome
Following the crisis, Thatcher remained angry with Haughey
The Phil has survived two world wars, the Spanish flu pandemic, the partition of Ireland, three decades of the Troubles, and Covid-19
He was knighted for his contribution to the Vartry water scheme in 1863
Expense claims were always ripe for a little embellishment
The car resembled one of Jackson Pollock’s finest abstract works
Houdini confided to his wife Bess that his Belfast performance of 1909 was the toughest of his career to date
On the stem of memory . . .
We now know that Bulfin was in the Martello Tower at Sandycove, and that his hosts would later be immortalised in Joyce’s Ulysses
Finley Peter Dunne first adopted the Hiberno-English patois in his newspaper columns as a defensive ruse, to confuse lawyers
Tragically, he was shot while leading a charge up Moore Street to protect the evacuation of the GPO
Hogg’s work stretched from the days of Victorian horse-drawn ambulances to the arrival of motor cars and aircraft
In addition to Eleanor Roosevelt, Sheehy-Skeffington met a number of prominent women during her coast to coast US tour, including three Congresswomen
“Europe’s largest digital art screen” now occupies the front lawn of the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Something is conspicuously missing
One judge was sufficiently impressed by Brenon snr to issue a backhanded compliment
His verse revealed the temperament and spirit of Ireland
Businessman was an inveterate traveller and thought to be the inspiration for Phileas Fogg
Remembering the days when one-third of Toronto’s population was born in Ireland
Here you can understand why the Normans became attached to a new and bewildering culture
'I lived in Navan, seven miles up the road from Slane, which officially made us the rock ‘n’ roll centre of the universe on June 1st, 1985.'
A campaign by Despard’s wife, Catherine, ensured his imprisonment became the subject of a three-week debate in the House of Commons
Gifted Dublin writer had enormous charm and a `rascally sense of humour'
A Time magazine reporter said the party “combined the most exciting features of a subway rush, Halloween in a madhouse and a circus fire”
Ian Fleming wrote that Bond took a glance at the ‘junk’ in the airport shops including the ‘Brass Leprechauns’
A poet so bad, as the Book of Heroic Failures puts it, “he backed unwittingly into genius”.
Three hundred invited guests attended a party that seemed to capture the zeitgeist of a new Ireland
It was a humble barmaid who made the deepest impression on the Italian adventurer
Some Irish American surnames can seem almost plausible while also making your ears hurt
It seems that distance, like time, is entirely measurable and yet also oddly subjective
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