Is James Cecil Parke Ireland’s greatest ever sportsman?
A career interrupted by World War One saw him captain Ireland and win at Wimbledon
Nigel Dodds a key player in finding way out of Brexit quagmire
DUP’s soft cop has become one of most powerful politicians in Westminster
Foxrock to stage Samuel Beckett’s ‘All that Fall’
Family church the venue for Nobel laureate’s reimagining of south county Dublin village life
Frank McNally on a Brexit-flavoured ‘Waiting for Godot’
Soft Border, Hard Beckett: An Irishman’s Diary
BBC ‘Proms in the Park’ in Enniskillen, a terrific success
Stellar line-up at Castle Coole included James Galway, Ruthie Henshall and Anúna
Obituary: Bishop Donald Caird
During the ‘peace process’ Caird reflected the outlook of Southern members of the Church of Ireland
Dubliner, who was Protestant, declared ‘Blessed’ by Catholic Church
The priest was reared Protestant and converted to Catholism when he was 35-years-old
Obituary: Bishop Henry Richmond
Church of England Orangeman who championed gay rights and religious integration
First ever beatification in Ireland to take place next month
Dublin man, raised and educated Protestant, to be declared ‘blessed’ by Vatican
O’Donovan brothers to head up Ireland’s team for World Cup
Erne Head of the River attracts biggest ever entry and a very strong field
Leslie Waddington’s art to be auctioned
Colletion of Leslie Waddington, art dealer to Jack B Yeats and host of others, to be auctioned in London
Happy Days on bleak sets and Beckett gets schooled
Enniskillen – home of the Beckett festival – offers settings that match the desolate emotional atmosphere of his work
Defeats for gutsy Irish crews at Henley Royal Regatta
Portora Royal School and Trinity put in impressive performances but fail to shine
An avant garde architect who was father to ‘the baby born with grey hair’
Louis Adair Roche: November 5th, 1927 – July 28th, 2014
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