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The 2018 Fleadh was defined by some first-class documentaries. Evidence that we can’t escape our violent past came with Keepers of the Flame, Unquiet Graves and I, Dolours
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Megahits from Game of Thrones to the Marvel universe are suffused in myth; so where are the echoes of Irish myth in contemporary culture? It turns out we’re surrounded by the stuff
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Brendan Gleeson: even as a duck, he fits the bill
The man who played Churchill is now a duck in ‘The Smurfs 2’. He talks LA neediness, the dynasty and Flann O’Brien worship
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