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2.3/5 (7 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Desmond Devoy
If Gerry Crowe's life were ever made into a movie, it would have to be directed by the likes of Sir David Lean, or Peter Jackson, or even George Lucas. Because his life, quite simply, has been nothing short of epic. In recognition of his amazing contribution to the Toronto Irish community and...
Monday, 08 June 2009 | 421 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
3.0/5 (4 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Desmond Devoy
Many things catch the eye when one walks into Jonathan Carroll's office; the big toys flying outside and the smaller toys parked inside. Outside, he has a great view of nearly every plane taking off or landing at Pearson International Airport. "A plane takes off from Toronto Airport every...
Monday, 08 June 2009 | 381 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
3.2/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
You can count on Dave Devall, CTV News Toronto's long-time weather expert, to smile through the best and the worst of what Mother Nature has to offer - torrential rain, blizzards and scorching heat, all the while bringing viewers the information they need. Devall has been talking about Mother...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 522 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
4.0/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
In just five short years this sleepy little village located on Clare’s west coast has been transformed, from a quiet rural village where sports talk was predominantly about Gaelic football, hurling or greyhounds, to a thriving world class golf resort. The discovery of the suitability of Doonbeg...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 588 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.8/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
In mid-October, thirty five companies comprising the cream of Irish innovation, industry and technology, headed by Micheál Martin T. D., Irish Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, visited Canada to network with like-minded Canadian research, development and commercial interests. The trade...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 781 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
3.0/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
On a blustery day during a recent visit to my native County Clare, a day that a younger, somewhat wilder émigré might have resorted to the high stool at Lahinch’s famed 19th Bar, I decided to head west. One might say, how far west could you head from Lahinch, and the answer would be not very...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 515 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.6/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
Finally after all these years, the innate talent and prowess of Andy Byrne's golf game is coming to fruition. One theory has it that Andy was just a "Sleeper", waiting to qualify for the Super Senior Canadian Golf Tour (65 +) - more about that later. Andy was born in 1933, grew up in...
Monday, 08 June 2009 | 455 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
3.0/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Gerard C. Ronan
The poetry of William Butler Yeats has been categorized as the work of a dreamer, an escapist infatuated with lake isles, hazel woods, spooks and faeries, the lost enchantment of the Celtic Twilight.  Whatever the origins of his genius, many scholars consider Yeats to be one of the finest poets of...
Monday, 08 June 2009 | 616 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.6/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Scott Anderson
The Hurley Group began 50 years ago as a way for its founder, Richard Hurley, to gain a little extra money to subsidize his meager paycheck as a Toronto Transit worker. From that one client in 1956, what was then known as Industrial Floor Service, has transformed into the Hurley Corporation that...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 639 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.6/5 (5 votes)
Magazine Articles/2006 Editions
Author:Thomas O'Loughlin
In the light of the city's fractured sense of identity, Belfast City Council has announced plans for 'politically correct' St Patrick's Day celebrations in 2006. But is there a 'historically correct' Patrick? Thomas O'Loughlin investigates. Memory is our key both to the past and to our...
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 | 436 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more



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