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The Irish have long loomed in American imagination. From Mr. Dooley to Scarlett O’Hara to Randall Patrick McMurphy, they have appeared as powerful symbols in popular American fiction, standing for ...
It's very popular in Cork. Spotted dog is a fruity form of Irish soda bread. There are just six simple ingredients required: flour, bread soda, buttermilk, and salt with added fruit and sugar for ...
Forget glitchy electronica or confessional harmonies, and instead, take a good ol’ punk-flavored Irish song, and your sure to have almost nobody in the room admit it sucks. We can thank The Rumjacks ...
Meanwhile, Diner notes a popular 1912 Tin Pan Alley song by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz with the lyrics ... Diner's previous books include "Almost Promised Land: American Jews and Blacks, ...
on their 1988 collaboration album ‘Irish Heartbeat’. Ten years later, Belfast band Sham Rock released a popular dance version of the song that reached number 13 on the UK singles chart.