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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The tensions existing between what historians call ‘the two histories’.
Dr Regan and Mr Snide
Alexander Bicknor -Archbishop and Peculator by James Lydon
In the period between 1866 and 1885 three telegraph cable stations linking Europe with America were established along the Co. Kerry coast. As components of a worldwide communications network, called the All Red Routes, they were essential for business, administration and control within the British Empire and had a special strategic significance during the first world war.
The popular song 'Cockles and Mussels' has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin city. Its tragic heroine Molly Malone and her barrow now stand as one of the most familiar symbols of the capital. Nothing could be more natural therefore than the wish to commemorate Molly, and in 1989 a statue of the fishmonger was duly erected at the corner of Grafton Street and Suffolk Street.
It might be argued that the most significant thing about the Irish cultural response to the First World War is its comparative absence. Perhaps it is a case of Ithe dog that didn't bark', iitself a noteworthy enough reaction to the cataclysmic European events of 1914-18.
This year A. T.Q. Stewart retires after 25 years in Queen's University. Hiram Morgan finds out about his career and his opinions.
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