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Mike McCormack's Blog – November 2022 Archive (2)
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: America's First Superstar
A TV documentary on the St. Louis World Fair mentioned how John Philip Sousa and his band dominated the entertainment, which included a young John McCormack singing at the Irish Pavilion. It brought to mind a forgotten era when American superstars were not individuals with a current hit record but band…
Added by Mike McCormack on November 26, 2022 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment
'Remember Mullaghast!'
The Pale (a word taken from the Latin meaning fence) was a strip of land along Ireland’s east coast, stretching from Dundalk, County Louth in the north to Dún Laoghaire, south of Dublin City. It was the base of English rule in Ireland since the Norman invasion of 1169. The Normans increasingly…
Added by Mike McCormack on November 6, 2022 at 4:00pm — No Comments
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