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The songwriter’s debut solo album was born out of a feverish spell of lockdown creativity, unmoored from any requirement for radio-friendliness
Éamon de Valera, former President of Ireland, became the third President of Ireland on June 25, 1959. Nicknamed ‘Dev,’ Éamon de Valera was one of Ireland's most dominant political leaders of the 20th century, particularly during the country's fight for independence.
In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a series of state visits throughout Europe. To Germany, where he made his famous Ich bin ein Berliner speech; to Italy; to England; and to Ireland, the country his great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy had left in 1848. Dave Powers, assistant and close friend to the president, described JFK’s
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Television: Michael Connelly served with the RIC and then left the newly independent Republic to join the fledgling RUC
It might have been the tastiest lesson, but learning the correct way to drink Guinness wasn’t the only memorable activity crammed into 48 hours in Dublin. I took a crash course in Irish music, developed a better understanding of the complicated Irish-British relationship, and learned some of the reasons why millions of Irish have left the island over the centuries.