John Buckley McQuaid: 'Ireland's silence is a comfort zone'
A month to St Patrickâs Day and Irelandâs diaspora around the world are warming themselves up to play the roles handed them by central casting in Dublin. Welcome: Irish emigrants in Auckland missing Tayto crisps and Barryâs tea on Twitter; also welcome are emigrantsâ young children on TikTok, Riverdancing in Reading and Reykjavik. Less welcome: critical artists like John Buckley McQuaid. His new album, This Is Where I Keep My Dreams, released this week on all digital platforms, is a tough love letter to a place and people he left for Denmark in 1973, but has never escap...
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