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Joe Gannon's Blog – August 2015 Archive (2)
'Nigh Comeragh's Rugged Hills': Ambush at The Burgery
When silence overcomes me
My dreams they seem to fill
Of my dear native happy home
Nigh Comeragh's rugged hills
-- From a poem by Pat Keating
My wife, Lindy, and I have just completed…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on August 27, 2015 at 9:00am — 18 Comments
'Jimmy’s Hall' Gralton in Long Line of Irish Working-Class Heroes
As I watched Ken Loach's newest film, “Jimmy’s Hall,” I was struck by how, as had also been true in “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” Paul Laverty’s writing and Loach’s directing of that writing is free of pretension.
Loach (pictured, foreground) doesn’t need fantastic sound tracks or the latest and greatest special…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on August 20, 2015 at 4:30pm — No Comments
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