Outrageous fortune: capital and culture in modern Ireland Joe Cleary (Field Day Publications, e42) ISBN 9780946755356 Books that are assembled by drawing together a set of essays previously published […]
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Read More →Number Twenty-Nine: Dublin’s Georgian House Museum 29 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2 +353 (0)1 702 6165, numbertwentynine@esb.ie, www.esb.ie/no29 Tues.–Sat. 10am–5pm, Sun. 1pm–5pm, €5/€2.50, u16 free. Closed Mondays and two weeks […]
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Read More →‘Capitalistic Vulture’? Hidden History: Figure of Hate RTÉ1, 13 November 2007 Union Films by John Gibney There are a number of ways of looking at William Martin Murphy. Traditionally he […]
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