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“DISC-JOCKEY AND DANCE-HALL CULTURE..”

ON THIS DATE (1ST JULY) 153 YEARS AGO – DEATH OF ‘MEAGHER OF THE SWORD’. “Abhor the sword – stigmatize the sword? No, for in the passes of the Tyrol it cut to pieces the banner of the Bavarian, and, … Continue reading

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‘PANIC’ : A TRADITION AND ELEMENT IN THE IRISH CONFLICT.

ON THIS DATE (5TH JULY) 77 YEARS AGO : THOMAS ÓG MacCURTAIN’S LAST DAY ON EARTH… In Cork, in 1920, Irish republican Tomás MacCurtain was elected as ‘Lord Mayor’ of the city, just one of the many changes that resulted … Continue reading

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