Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Cillian Murphy are among a crop of Irish hunks who have infused popular culture with big Irish energy.
Category: Ireland
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Bar Built for “Banshees of Inisherin” Is For Sale
A bar set built for “The Banshees of Inisherin” was discarded in a backyard after filming, then resurrected by a pub in Ireland. It’s up for sale.
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Storm Isha Diverts Dozens of Flights From England and Ireland
Ferocious winds forced pilots to abort landings and divert passengers hundreds of miles from their original destinations.
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Sinead O’Connor Died of Natural Causes, Coroner Says
The Irish singer-songwriter, known for her powerful, evocative voice, died at 56 at a residence in London in July.
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Shane MacGowan: Raising a Farewell Pint in Dublin Pubs
The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took traditional Irish music in a new direction. Most people in Ireland loved him for it.
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Searching for Brian Friel, and His Mythical Ballybeg
Irish Repertory Theater’s season-long survey of the playwright’s work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so many of his plays.
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CMAT Makes Country Music Sad, Smart and Strange
The singer combines the genre’s enduring themes of heartbreak and self-destruction with camp humor and a distinctly Irish sense of the absurd.
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Ireland’s Latest Fiscal Headache: What to Do With 10 Billion Euros
The government in Dublin has a big budget surplus, thanks to its low tax rate for multinationals. Build more housing? Or a subway? Sock it away? Whatever the case, someone will be unhappy.
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Rugby World Cup: Groundbreaking Referee Learned Not to Fear Mistakes
A former captain of Ireland’s rugby team, Neville is the first woman on a men’s Rugby World Cup officiating panel. “I’m there on merit,” she said.
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Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor
In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.
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Sinead O’Connor Was Ireland’s Alternative Moral Compass
In any society, she would have been radical for a pop star. But in Ireland, she was revolutionary.