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March 3, 2010

Irish eyes not smiling as emigration heartache hits a broken land once more

Posted by : moriarty
Filed under : Features, Irish News

Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The boulevard of broken dreams. A lonely Tayto packet whistles across the rain-spattered jetty, near where the group of Irish mammies are huddled in the cold, waving goodbye to their sons. One of them crushes a fag butt beneath her sodden Louboutins and turns away. She can’t look [...]


October 23, 2008

Ronnie McGrew – My Dublin: Episode 1

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Posted by : Arnold Corns
Filed under : Features, Ronnie McGrew

The Irish Sentinel is pleased to announce a new weekly series of audio download podcast radio show type things. They feature well known Dublin folk singer, poet and breakdancing champion, Ronnie McGrew.
Ronnie made his name as the lead singer with rough and tumble folkies ‘The Stoneybatter players’ who later changed their name to ‘The Liffey [...]