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President Michael D Higgins unveiled a plaque at the graveside of the man whose early death is recalled in The Dead’s pivotal sequence

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has unveiled a plaque honouring the link between the iconic Irish author James Joyce and a graveyard in Co. Galway. The tribute was officially revealed in Rahoon Cemetery to mark the connection of the grave of Michael ‘Sonny’ Bodkin with Joyce, his wife Nora Barnacle and his short story The Dead.

Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins unveiled a plaque in Rahoon Cemetery, Galway, to mark the connection of the grave of Michael ‘Sonny’ Bodkin…

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President Michael D. Higgins unveiled a plaque in Rahoon Cemetery, Galway, today to mark the connection of the grave of Michael ‘Sonny’ Bodkin with James Joyce, Nora Barnacle and the ‘The Dead’, which the President has said is one of the greatest short stories of all time.

I had the privilege of seeing a group of actors recreate the scene, with spine-tingling effect, in the place where it happened

I somehow found a free corner (not easy in a round tower) among the capacity attendance

A few quick hits this week as we motor forth toward Christmas! A couple columns ago I wrote about John Carty and Mick McCormack’s album “At Our Lei...

Kildysart manager Noel O’Grady says his side are motivated to do the county proud when they embark on their Munster club campaign this weekend. The estuary-based side captured the Clare intermediate title with victory over Cooraclare, promoting them back to the senior ranks for next season. They now take on Cork intermediate champions Kanturk on […]

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have celebrated the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses with a garden party for 400