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How Ireland Shaped Britain: Fergal Keane Considers Early Medieval Influences

Published: April 28, 2021 at 8:24 am “What is there more marvellous,” an eighth-century Gaelic poem asks, “than the incomparable great story?” The great story of the Irish in Britain is frequently told as a triumph over racism and exclusion – from the era of signs declaring “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish” to 21st-century success in business, the arts and entertainment. Advertisement The Irish built the roads, canals and housing estates. They cleared away the debris of Luftwaffe bombing raids. In the words of the ballad ‘McAlpine’s Fusiliers’, they “sweated blood and they washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer”. It is a story of hardship and forbearance whose privations are hard to imagine for the modern Irish in Britain.

Lockdown Ireland: The two sectors calling for early reopening as four changes near

Lockdown Ireland: The two sectors calling for early reopening as four changes near Irish Mirror 3 hrs ago David Kent Though Ireland will begin a phased exiting of lockdown from next Monday, there are increased calls for the Government to allow more things to return after new evidence was found about Covid-19 cases in the country. A study by the Irish Times found that just one case in every 1,000 in Ireland has been linked to outdoor transmission. And this report has led for a wave of calls for those in charge to sanction the re-opening of two main sectors of Irish society.

Po 14 metų iš Airijos į Klaipėdą grįžę Paulauskai: dažnai norisi įsižnybti, kad patikėtume, jog jau esame namie

Po 14 metų iš Airijos į Klaipėdą grįžę Paulauskai: dažnai norisi įsižnybti, kad patikėtume, jog jau esame namie
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Hamilton recalls plane ride from Sofia with Ian St John

Hamilton recalls plane ride from Sofia with Ian St John Updated / Wednesday, 3 Mar 2021 12:10 RTÉ Sport Reporter Though Ireland s prospects of deriving any benefit from the fixture were considered slim, RTÉ took a chance and sent George Hamilton to Sofia to do live commentary on Bulgaria s match at home to Scotland on 11 November 1987. Bulgaria hadn t lost a game at home in several years and, as the Irish players and management could attest to, referees had a rather pronounced tendency to deliver outrageous decisions in their favour in the Vasil Levski Stadium.            Nonetheless, there was a chance. In the previous round of international fixtures, Ireland had concluded their campaign with an impressive 2-0 home win over the Bulgarians while the Scots, who d already ruled themselves out of contention with a poor start to the campaign, beat 1986 World Cup semi-finalists Belgium 2-0 in Hampden later that day. This was the only combination of results that could have

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