Documentary on One RTÉ Radio 1, 3 November 2018 https://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2018/1017/1004886-irelands-first-superstar/ By Donal Fallon Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore lived a remarkable and colourful life. Indeed, listening to Tim Desmond’s latest contribution to […]
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Read More →KARINA HOLTON Four Courts Press €49 ISBN 9781846827051 Reviewed by: Sylvie Kleinman Sylvie Kleinman has worked for the Dictionary of Irish Biography. This book makes the compelling case that Valentine […]
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