Wicklow teacher Seán Ó Súilleabháin will journey back in time to trace the history of his surname and find out about others who share it in a TG4 series about Irish surnames airing this Sunday at 8.30 p.m.
In 1910, John Ennis beat the record set by Edward Payson Weston: ‘I’ve got a pair of good Irish legs, and I thought I could turn out as good or better a stunt myself’
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A leading historian at the EPIC Museum has praised Shane MacGowan and The Pogues, saying that they “gave Irish migrants dignity abroad” in the 1980’s, “during a time when the IRA were very much active”.