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Huge homecoming planned for Armagh's GAA heroes
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 hours agoOn Sunday evening, thousands gathered at an event in County Louth to celebrate after a dramatic final against Galway at Croke Park. They claimed...
Irish writer Edna O'Brien dies aged 93
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 21 hours agoShe had lived in London for many years. Her first and perhaps most well-know novel The County Girls tell the story of two girls from rural Ireland...
Thousands greet Armagh squad after All-Ireland win
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 19 hours ago"My father refereed the All-Ireland in 1979 between Kerry and Dublin," she said. "He’s at the game today and this means...
‘A defiant and courageous spirit’: Critically acclaimed Irish writer Edna O’Brien dies aged 93
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 7 hours agoAdmirers were as caught up in their defiance and awakening as would-be censors were enraged by such...
Edna O'Brien: 'Fearless' Irish author dies aged 93
BBC News· 23 hours agoAcclaimed Irish author, Edna O'Brien, has died at the age of 93. Born in rural County Clare in 1930, O'Brien found her education by nuns suffocating and...
Irish Army horse failed drug test at NI showjumping event
BBC News· 6 hours agoAn Irish Army horse failed a drug test after it took part in a showjumping competition in Northern...
Obituary: Edna O'Brien, the controversial Irish novelist
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 23 hours agoO'Brien herself "ran away" when in 1954, against her parents' wishes, she eloped and married the...
Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote 'The Country Girls, dies at 93
North Shore News· 24 hours agoO'Brien died Saturday after a long illness, according to a statement by her publisher Faber and the...
Edna O'Brien, Ireland's daring chronicler of women's lives, dies at 93
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 24 hours agoBorn in the western county of Clare in 1930, O'Brien grew up in a well-to-do Catholic family that had fallen on hard times. Educated at a convent, she fled her parents' guilt-inducing ...
Armagh win All-Ireland: Michael Murphy lauds 'incredible' managerial display from Kieran McGeeney
BBC News· 21 hours agoFormer Donegal captain Michael Murphy praised the "incredible managerial performance" from Armagh...
