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IA Newsletter, December 23, 2023

Waterford Selected as European City of Christmas 2024

IA Newsletter, December 23, 2023

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It is time to start planning your holiday trip to Ireland in 2024.The International Jury of the European Capital and City of Christmas 2024 competition has unanimously voted to award the European City of Christmas 2024 title to Waterford City. The International Jury, chaired by Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, and comprised of Mr. Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Mr. … [Read more...] about Waterford Selected as European City of Christmas 2024

Dublin Anniversary of Handel’s Messiah Premiere

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On April 13, 1742, the great German composer, George Frideric Handel, performed his famous oratorio Messiah in Dublin. The world premiere occurred in Musick Hall on Fishamble Street in Temple Bar. Commemorating the 270th anniversary, on April 13, 2012, Our Lady's Choral Society, conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn, sang the composition on the street where it was originally … [Read more...] about Dublin Anniversary of Handel’s Messiah Premiere

He Died an Irishman

By Rosemary Rogers
IA Newsletter, December 16, 2023

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John le Carré was born David Cornwell in Poole, England in 1931. His father, known as Ronnie, was a violent con man who landed in prisons across the globe. Olive, David’s mother, so despised him that she packed her bag and slipped away in the middle of the night. She went into hiding leaving David, then only five years old, and didn’t return to her son’s life for another 16 … [Read more...] about He Died an Irishman

Review of Books Fall 2023

By Darina Molloy

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Darina Molloy provides a review of 14 books from Irish authors for our readers to enjoy.Soldier SailorBy Claire Kilroy When you consider the gap between Claire Kilroy’s last book (The Devil I Know, published in 2012) and this newest one, it definitely adds a layer to the reading experience of Soldier Sailor. The mother in the book, Soldier, is aptly named as she seems to find … [Read more...] about Review of Books Fall 2023

Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”

By Stephan Talty
IA Newsletter, December 2, 2023

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Thirty-one years ago, I walked up to an apartment in north London to meet one of my heroes, Shane MacGowan. He was asleep when I got there and drunk when he woke up, funny, shy, and acerbic. He cut off one of my questions to tell an unprintable story about the Jam’s lead singer, Paul Weller, leant his sister fifty quid, which he pulled out of a pocket amidst a large clump of … [Read more...] about Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”