Long before Jackie Robinson, Black jockeys dominated and changed horse racing
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
The anti-immigrant ICE raids and the 1854 “Slave Catchers Riot” in Worcester, Massachusetts
In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...
Breaking Baz: ‘Captain America’s Anthony Mackie On Bonding With Harrison Ford, ‘Avengers’ Movies To Come & How A Punch On The Nose Drew Blood
Anthony Mackie talks about how he and Harrison Ford bonded over “the weirdest sh*t” shooting Captain America: Brave New World ...
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New book: Life of Irish Ropes founder who put Newbridge on the global map
The trove included some 250 letters that Eric had written home from World War I — which was the basis of John’s 2017 book Best Love To All ... your full allocation of sisal instead’. “One Irish civil ...
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Li’l Friday: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Sweetheart Stroll, ‘90s Crush Dance Party
Li’l Friday is a weekly roundup of events in art, music, theater, comedy, pop-up markets and more. All events featured were ...
Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies
Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...
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Legendary Irish war movie shot in location boasting 'lush fields' and 'picturesque views'
The legendary movie starring Cillian Murphy, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, was filmed in a number of locations - most of ...
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The most borrowed books from Irish libraries in 2024
Reading was child's play in Irish libraries last year as Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid topped the list of the most borrowed books. The 2024 list was compiled using data provided by Ireland's ...
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Children’s books dominate Irish library charts with Dog Man topping most-borrowed list
Children’s books dominated the borrowing charts at Irish libraries last year, with the series Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid topping the list. Books for children and teenagers accounted for ...
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‘There’s a blurring of boundaries’: Workers and managers on remote working in the civil service
The Irish Times conducted a call-out to hear from readers on their views about the issue, with some of the submissions included below. I work in the Civil Service. Since March 2020 we have been ...
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Taking another view of the Irish Civil War
or the political violence precipitating the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—the subject of his Burns Scholar Lecture on March 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Library Thompson Room. A collaboration between ...
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Irish Civil War at its centenary
It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up ...