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Jacob's Award

Index Jacob's Award

The Jacob's Awards were instituted in December 1962 as the first Irish television awards. [1]

246 relations: A Very British Coup (miniseries), A. J. Potter, Adele King, Adrian Malone, Alan Gilsenan, Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cooke's America, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, An Triail, Andy O'Mahony, Apollo 11, Arnold Bax, Augustine Martin, Éamon de Buitléar, Óscar Romero, Barry Cowan (broadcaster), BBC, Bernadette Greevy, Bernard MacLaverty, Bertie Ahern, Bill Long (writer), Bill O'Herlihy, Blasket Islands, Bob Quinn (Irish filmmaker), Bosco (TV series), BP Fallon, Bracken (TV series), Brendan Balfe, Brendan Gleeson, Brendan O'Brien (journalist), Brian Cleeve, Brian Farrell (broadcaster), Brian Lenihan Snr, Brigid's cross, Broadsheet (TV series), Bunny Carr, C103, Cathal Mac Coille, Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter), Cathy Come Home, Caught in a Free State, Charles Mitchel, Charles Stewart Parnell, Ciarán Mac Mathúna, Clare FM, Connemara, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Cork's 96FM, County Donegal, Culloden (film), ..., Cyril Cusack, Dave Fanning, Dear Sarah (film), Declan Lowney, Deeply Regretted By..., Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Derek Davis, Dermot Morgan, Des Cahill, Dick Warner, Discovery (Irish TV series), Doireann Ní Bhriain, Donal Farmer, Dory Previn, Dublin, Dublin Bay, Dylan Thomas, Eamon Morrissey (actor), Eamonn Keane (actor), Eavan Boland, Eileen Colgan, Emmet Dalton, English literature, Eoghan Harris, Eugene McCabe, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1971, Eurovision Song Contest 1981, Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Ewan MacColl, Fianna Fáil, Fionnula Flanagan, Frank Cvitanovich, Frank Grimes, Frank Hall (broadcaster), Frank Kelly, Frank Ryan (Irish republican), Frankie Byrne (broadcaster), Gabriel Byrne, Gay Byrne, Gay Future, George Bernard Shaw, Gerry Ryan, Glenroe, Godfrey Graham, Gordon Lambert, Government of Ireland, Gulf War, Gustav Mahler, Hall's Pictorial Weekly, Hancock's Half Hour, Happy Days (play), Hilton Edwards, HIV/AIDS, Hugh Leonard, Irish Film & Television Academy, Irish general election, 1965, Irish general election, 1973, Irish general election, 1977, Irish language, Irish presidential election, 1990, ITV (TV network), Jack Lynch, Jacob's, James Joyce, James Plunkett, Jeremy Sandford, Jim Fahy, Jim Norton (Irish actor), Jimmy Magee, Jimmy O'Dea, Joe Duffy, Joe Lynch (actor), John Alderton, John Bowman (broadcaster), John Caden, John Cowley (actor), John Creedon, John Skehan, Justin Keating, Kenneth Clark, Larry Gogan, Leo J. Enright, Liam Ó Murchú, Live Aid, Live at 3, Liveline, LMFM, Louis Lentin, Maeve Binchy, Marian Finucane, Marie Kean, Mark Cagney, Marty Whelan, Mary McEvoy, Master of ceremonies, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael D. Higgins, Michael Lyster, Michael Ryan (broadcaster), Michael Viney, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Mick Lally, Mike Murphy, Minister for Defence (Ireland), Minister for Labour, Mo Cheol Thú, Monopoly, Morning Ireland, Muiris Mac Conghail, My Wife Next Door, Myles Dungan, Neasa Ní Annracháin, Nell McCafferty, Niall Tóibín, Nicky Kelly, Nighthawks (TV series), Northern Ireland, Nuala O'Faolain, Nuclear power, Olivia O'Leary, Orla Guerin, Paddy Crosbie, Pat Kenny, Pat O'Connor (director), Peggy Dell, Peggy Seeger, Peter Collinson (film director), Peter Watkins, Pope John Paul II, Proinsias Mac Aonghusa, Questions and Answers (TV series), Radharc, Radio Kerry, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ray D'Arcy, Ray McAnally, Republic of Ireland, Robert Fisk, Robert Kee, Rosaleen Linehan, Rose of Tralee (festival), RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ News: Six One, RTÉ One, RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ Sport, RTÉ2, Samuel Beckett, Scrap Saturday, Seán Bán Breathnach, Shay Healy, Somerville and Ross, Spanish Civil War, Strumpet City, Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ted Nealon, Television in the Republic of Ireland, Teresa Mannion, Terry Willers, The Ascent of Man, The Dubliners, The Forsyte Saga, The Gay Byrne Show, The Gerry Ryan Show, The Great War (TV series), The Importance of Being Oscar, The Late Late Show (Irish TV series), The Live Mike, The Plough and the Stars, The Riordans, The Sunday Game, The Treaty (film), The Troubles, The Well of the Saints, This Week (RTÉ radio series), Thomas Davis (Young Irelander), Today Tonight (Ireland), Tolka Row, Tom McGurk, Trom agus Éadrom, TV3 (Ireland), Ulysses (broadcast), Victorian era, Waterway, Wesley Burrowes, West Clare Railway, William Trevor, Wuthering Heights, Zig and Zag (puppets), 1990 FIFA World Cup, 7 Days (Irish TV series). Expand index (196 more) »

A Very British Coup (miniseries)

A Very British Coup is a 1988 television miniseries adapted from Chris Mullin's 1982 novel A Very British Coup in 1988 by screenwriter Alan Plater and director Mick Jackson.

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A. J. Potter

Archibald James (Archie) Potter (22 September 1918 – 5 July 1980) was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.

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Adele King

Adèle King (born Adèle Condron-King, 4 April 1951) is an Irish entertainer better known as Twink from her time as a member of a group called Maxi, Dick and Twink which was a girl band in Ireland in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Adrian Malone

Hugh Adrian Malone (3 February 1937 – 13 March 2015) was a British documentary filmmaker who produced and directed a number of documentaries, including The Ascent of Man, The Age of Uncertainty, and Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.

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Alan Gilsenan

Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director.

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Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American journalist, television personality and broadcaster.

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Alistair Cooke's America

Alistair Cooke's America is a tie-in book to Alistair Cooke's 13-part television documentary series America: A Personal History of the United States.

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), the premier competition in Gaelic football, is an annual series of games played in Ireland and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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An Triail

An Triail ("The Trial") is a play written by the Irish playwright Máiréad Ní Ghráda which starred well-known poet and Sean-nós singer Caitlín Maude in its first performance in 1964.

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Andy O'Mahony

Andy O’Mahony is an Irish broadcast journalist who worked for RTÉ (Raidio Telefís Éireann) from 1961 to 2013.

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Apollo 11

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon.

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Arnold Bax

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author.

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Augustine Martin

Thomas Augustine "Gus" Martin (13 November 1935 – 16 October 1995) was an Irish academic, Anglo-Irish scholar, teacher, writer, broadcaster and literary critic.

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Éamon de Buitléar

Éamon de Buitléar (22 January 1930 – 27 January 2013) was an Irish writer, musician and film maker.

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Óscar Romero

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, who served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.

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Barry Cowan (broadcaster)

Barry Cowan (1 February 1948 – 16 June 2004) was a high-profile journalist and broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bernadette Greevy

Bernadette Greevy (3 July 1940 – 26 September 2008) was an Irish mezzo-soprano.

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Bernard MacLaverty

Bernard MacLaverty (born 14 September 1942) is a Northern Irish writer of fiction.

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Bertie Ahern

Patrick Bartholomew Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste and Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from November 1994 to December 1994, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1992 to 1994, Minister for Industry and Commerce in January 1993, Minister for Finance from 1991 to 1994, Minister for Labour from 1987 to 1991, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from March 1982 to December 1982 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1986 to 1987.

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Bill Long (writer)

Bill Long (28 April 1932 – 21 May 2010) was an Irish writer and broadcaster.

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Bill O'Herlihy

Bill O'Herlihy (26 September 1938 – 25 May 2015) was an Irish television broadcaster and public relations executive.

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Blasket Islands

The Blasket Islands (Na Blascaodaí in Irish – etymology uncertain: it may come from the Norse word "brasker", meaning "a dangerous place") are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry.

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Bob Quinn (Irish filmmaker)

Bob Quinn (Roibeard Ó Cuinn) (born Dublin, 1935) is an Irish filmmaker, writer and photographer.

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Bosco (TV series)

Bosco is an Irish children's television programme produced during the late 1970s and 1980s.

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BP Fallon

BP Fallon (born Bernard Fallon on 24 August 1946) is an Irish DJ, author, photographer, and musician.

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Bracken (TV series)

Bracken is a television soap opera broadcast from 1978 to 1982 on RTÉ One in Ireland, depicting rural life in and around County Wicklow.

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Brendan Balfe

Brendan Balfe (born 19 September 1945 in Dublin) is an Irish radio personality, who has been on-air consistently for more than 40 years on RTÉ.

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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955) is an Irish actor and film director.

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Brendan O'Brien (journalist)

Brendan O'Brien is a senior Irish journalist on RTÉ One's Prime Time current affairs programme.

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Brian Cleeve

Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories.

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Brian Farrell (broadcaster)

Bernard Brendan "Brian" Farrell (9 January 1929 – 10 November 2014) was an Irish author, journalist, academic and broadcaster.

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Brian Lenihan Snr

Brian Patrick Lenihan (17 November 1930 – 1 November 1995) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 1987 to 1990, Minister for Defence from 1989 to 1990, Minister for Agriculture from March 1982 to December 1982, Minister for Fisheries from 1977 to 1979, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1989, 1979 to 1981 and January 1973 to March 1973, Minister for Transport and Power from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Education from 1968 to 1969, Minister for Justice from 1964 to 1969, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands from 1961 to 1964.

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Brigid's cross

Brigid's cross or Brigit's cross (Irish: Cros Bríde, Crosóg Bríde or Bogha Bríde) is a small cross usually woven from rushes.

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Broadsheet (TV series)

Broadsheet was a Telefís Éireann television current affairs programme presented by John O'Donoghue, Brian Cleeve, and Brian Farrell and broadcast in Ireland live on weekday evenings from 1962 to 1963.

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Bunny Carr

Bernard "Bunny" Carr (born 31 July 1927) is an Irish former television presenter.

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C103

C103 is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Republic of Ireland (the other two being its sister station 96FM and youth music station Red FM).

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Cathal Mac Coille

Cathal Mac Coille (born 1952) is a retired Irish broadcaster, researcher and journalist.

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Cathal O'Shannon (TV presenter)

Cathal O'Shannon (1928 – 22 October 2011)The Late Late Show (RTÉ 1), Friday, 12 January 2007.

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Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home is a 1966 BBC television play by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach, about homelessness.

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Caught in a Free State

Caught in a Free State was a dramatised television series made by RTÉ in 1983.

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Charles Mitchel

Charles Gerald Anthony Mitchel (8 November 1920, retrieved 19 August 2016 – 18 August 1996) was an Irish actor and broadcaster, best known as an RTÉ television newscaster for almost 23 years.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell (Cathal Stiúbhard Parnell; 27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician and one of the most powerful figures in the British House of Commons in the 1880s.

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Ciarán Mac Mathúna

Ciarán Mac Mathúna, (26 November 1925 – 11 December 2009) was an Irish broadcaster and music collector.

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Clare FM

Clare FM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to County Clare and the surrounding areas.

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Connemara

Connemara (Conamara) is a cultural region in County Galway, Ireland.

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Conor Cruise O'Brien

Conor Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008) often nicknamed "The Cruiser",.

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Cork's 96FM

96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland (the other two being its sister station C103 and youth music station Red FM).

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

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Culloden (film)

Culloden (known as The Battle of Culloden in the US) is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV.

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Cyril Cusack

Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish actor, who appeared in numerous films and television productions in a career lasting more than 70 years.

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Dave Fanning

Dave Fanning (born David Fanning; 30 December 1955) is an Irish rock journalist, DJ, film critic and broadcaster.

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Dear Sarah (film)

Dear Sarah is a 1990 made-for-television film about Giuseppe Conlon who was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment after being implicated as one of the Maguire Seven during the 1970s.

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Declan Lowney

Declan Lowney (born 1960) is an Irish television and film director.

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Deeply Regretted By...

Deeply Regretted By... is a 1978 television play starring Joan O'Hara and Donall Farmer, with the script being written by Maeve Binchy.

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Department of Children and Youth Affairs

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Derek Davis

Derek Davis (26 April 1948 – 13 May 2015) was an Irish broadcaster.

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Dermot Morgan

Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian, actor and previously a schoolteacher, who achieved international recognition for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.

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Des Cahill

Desmond "Des" Cahill (born 1 May 1953) is an Irish sports presenter and commentator with national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Dick Warner

Dick Warner (19 July 1946 – 16 June 2017) was an Irish environmentalist, writer and broadcaster.

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Discovery (Irish TV series)

Discovery was the first documentary television series to be broadcast on RTÉ.

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Doireann Ní Bhriain

Doireann Ní Bhriain (pronounced, born 1952) is an Irish independent radio producer.

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Donal Farmer

Donal Farmer is an Irish actor who contributed to arts and culture on the Island of Ireland through his performances on stage and in film and television productions.

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Dory Previn

Dory Previn (born Dorothy Veronica Langan; October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin Bay

Dublin Bay (Cuan Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland.

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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

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Eamon Morrissey (actor)

Eamon Morrissey (born 25 January 1943) is an Irish actor, best known for his comic performances on stage and television.

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Eamonn Keane (actor)

Eamonn Patrick Keane (March 30, 1925 – January 7, 1990; né Edmund Keane) was an Irish actor.

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Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland (born 24 September 1944) is an Irish poet, author, professor, and activist who has been active since the 1960s.

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Eileen Colgan

Eileen Colgan Simpson (20 January 1934 – 10 March 2014) was an Irish theatre, television and film actress.

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Emmet Dalton

Emmet Dalton MC (4 March 1898 – 4 March 1978) was an Irish soldier and film producer.

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English literature

This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States.

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Eoghan Harris

Eoghan Harris (born 1943) is an Irish journalist, fiction writer, director, columnist and politician.

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Eugene McCabe

Eugene McCabe (born 1930) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1971

The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th event of its kind, and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Ewan MacColl

James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright and record producer born in Lancashire to Scottish parents.

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Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil (meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.

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Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish actress and political activist.

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Frank Cvitanovich

Frank Cvitanovich (14 August 1927 – 12 August 1995) was a Canadian documentary film maker, who made much of his best work for British television.

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Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes (born 1947) is an Irish stage and screen actor.

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Frank Hall (broadcaster)

Frank Hall (February 1921 – 21 September 1995) was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor.

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Frank Kelly

Francis O'Kelly (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016), better known by his stage name of Frank Kelly, was an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film.

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Frank Ryan (Irish republican)

Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain; 11 September 1902 – 10 June 1944) was an Irish politician, journalist, intelligence agent and paramilitary activist.

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Frankie Byrne (broadcaster)

Frankie Byrne (1922 - 11 December 1993) was an Irish public relations consultant and broadcaster.

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Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator.

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Gay Byrne

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (born 5 August 1934; affectionately known as Uncle Gay, Gaybo or Uncle Gaybo) is an Irish presenter and host of radio and television.

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Gay Future

Gay Future was the racehorse at the centre of an attempted fraud by an Irish betting syndicate in Great Britain in 1974 involving two chestnut horses.

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George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist.

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Gerry Ryan

Gerard Ryan (5 June 1956 – 30 April 2010) was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Glenroe

Glenroe was a television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One in Ireland between September 1983, when the first episode was aired, and May 2001, when the last episode went out on Sunday evening television in Ireland.

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Godfrey Graham

Godfrey Richard Graham (born 23 August 1936 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish former cricketer.

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Gordon Lambert

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Government of Ireland

The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation.

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Hall's Pictorial Weekly

Hall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator was an Irish satirical television series which was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann from 1971 to 1980.

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Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Happy Days (play)

Happy Days is a play in two acts, written by Samuel Beckett.

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Hilton Edwards

Hilton Edwards (2 February 1903 – 18 November 1982) was an English-born Irish actor, lighting designer and theatrical producer.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Hugh Leonard

Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist.

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Irish Film & Television Academy

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is an all-Ireland organization focused on film and television.

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Irish general election, 1965

The Irish general election of 1965 was held on 7 April 1965.

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Irish general election, 1973

The Irish general election of 1973 was held on 28 February 1973.

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Irish general election, 1977

The Irish general election of 1977 was held on 16 June 1977 and is regarded as a pivotal point in twentieth-century Irish politics.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish presidential election, 1990

The Irish presidential election of 1990 was the tenth presidential election to be held in Ireland, and only the fifth to be contested by more than one candidate and the first to have a female candidate.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jack Lynch

John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999), known as Jack Lynch, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach from 1951 to 1954.

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Jacob's

Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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James Plunkett

James Plunkett Kelly, or James Plunkett (21 May 1920 – 28 May 2003), was an Irish writer.

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Jeremy Sandford

Christopher Jeremy Sandford (5 December 1930 – 12 May 2003) was an English television screenwriter who came to prominence in 1966 with Cathy Come Home, his controversial entry in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand, which was directed by Ken Loach.

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Jim Fahy

James Fahy (born 1946) is an Irish journalist broadcaster, journalist and documentary-maker.

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Jim Norton (Irish actor)

Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted.

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Jimmy Magee

Jimmy Magee (31 January 1935 – 20 September 2017) was an Irish sports broadcaster, known as The Memory Man, he spent over half a century in sports broadcasting, and presented radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games since 1968 and the FIFA World Cup since 1966.

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Jimmy O'Dea

James Augustine O'Dea (26 April 1899 – 7 January 1965) was an Irish actor and comedian.

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Joe Duffy

Joseph "Joe" Duffy (born 27 January 1956) is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Joe Lynch (actor)

Joseph Laurence 'Joe' Lynch (16 July 1925 – 1 August 2001) was an Irish actor who enjoyed a long career in both serious drama and light comedy.

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John Alderton

John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor who is best known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas & Sarah, Wodehouse Playhouse, Little Miss (original TV series), Please Sir! and Fireman Sam (the original series).

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John Bowman (broadcaster)

John Bowman PhD (born July 1942) is an Irish historian and a long-standing broadcaster and presenter of current affairs and political programmes with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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John Caden

John Caden is an Irish independent television producer.

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John Cowley (actor)

John Cowley (8 September 1923 – 13 February 1998) was an Irish actor, best known for his role as paterfamilias, Tom Riordan, in the long-running RTÉ Television drama series, The Riordans.

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John Creedon

John Creedon, also known as "Creedo", is an Irish language enthusiast and veteran broadcaster with RTÉ Radio.

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John Skehan

John Skehan (1922 – 18 November 1992) was a prolific broadcaster on RTÉ, radio and television, for four decades.

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Justin Keating

Justin Keating (7 January 1930 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish Labour Party politician, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and veterinary surgeon.

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Kenneth Clark

Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster.

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Larry Gogan

Lorcan 'Larry' Gogan is an Irish broadcaster working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Leo J. Enright

Leo J. Enright (born 18 March 1955) is an Irish radio broadcaster and news reporter.

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Liam Ó Murchú

Liam Ó Murchú (10 February 1929 – 28 June 2015) was an Irish television broadcaster, who worked with the national station Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Live Aid

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative.

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Live at 3

Live at 3 is a popular Irish afternoon chat show broadcast live on RTÉ 1.

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Liveline

Liveline is an Irish radio interview and phone-in chat show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday afternoon between 13.45 and 15.00.

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LMFM

LMFM is an independent Local Radio station based in Drogheda, Ireland.

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Louis Lentin

Louis Lentin (11 December 1933 – 22 July 2014) was a theatre, film and television director.

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy Snell (28 May 1939Born 1939 as per biography, Maeve Binchy by Piers Dudgeon, Thomas Dunne Books 2013; (hardcover), pp. 4, 280, 302; (ebook) – 30 July 2012), known as Maeve Binchy, was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker best known for her sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, her descriptive characters, her interest in human nature, and her often clever surprise endings.

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Marian Finucane

Marian Finucane (born 21 May 1950) is an Irish broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Marie Kean

Marie Kean (27 June 1918 - 29 December 1993) was an Irish actress of stage and screen whose career spanned over 40 years.

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Mark Cagney

Mark Anthony Cagney (born 11 June 1956) is an Irish television presenter and journalist, best known for presenting Ireland AM, the breakfast show on TV3.

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Marty Whelan

Martin 'Marty' Whelan (born 7 June 1956) is an Irish radio and television personality currently working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Mary McEvoy

Mary McEvoy (born 1954) is an Irish actress.

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Master of ceremonies

A master of ceremonies, abbreviated M.C. or emcee, also called compère and announcer, is the official host of a ceremony, a staged event or similar performance.

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Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (born 20 August 1930) is an Irish Gaelic games commentator for the Irish national radio and television, RTÉ.

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Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins (Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence.

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Michael D. Higgins

Michael Daniel Higgins (Mícheál Dónal Ó hUiginn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician who has served as the 9th President of Ireland since November 2011.

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Michael Lyster

Michael Lyster (born 11 April 1954) is an Irish radio and television broadcaster who works for RTÉ.

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Michael Ryan (broadcaster)

Michael Ryan (born 1944) (Mícheál Ó Riain) is a former television broadcaster on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Michael Viney

Michael Viney MRIA (born 1933) is an artist, author, broadcaster, and journalist, based in Ireland.

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Micheál Mac Liammóir

Alfred Willmore (25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978), known as Micheál Mac Liammóir, was a British-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter.

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Mick Lally

Michael “Mick” Lally (10 November 1945 – 31 August 2010) was an Irish stage, film and television actor.

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Mike Murphy

Michael James Murphy (born 20 October 1941) is an Irish broadcaster, actor and property developer.

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Minister for Defence (Ireland)

The Minister for Defence (An tAire Cosanta) is the senior minister at the Department of Defence in the Government of Ireland.

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Minister for Labour

The Minister for Labour was originally a position in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election.

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Mo Cheol Thú

Mo Cheol Thú (literally "you are my music": a traditional expression of praise in the south-west of Ireland for any outstanding feat) is a radio programme of Irish traditional music broadcast by Radio Éireann (later RTÉ Radio 1) for three quarters of an hour each Sunday morning between 1970 and 2005.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Morning Ireland

Morning Ireland is the breakfast news programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in Ireland and is noted as that country's most listened to radio programme.

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Muiris Mac Conghail

Muiris Mac Conghail (born 1941) is an Irish journalist, writer, broadcaster and film-maker.

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My Wife Next Door

My Wife Next Door is a British sitcom created by Brian Clemens and written by Richard Waring.

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Myles Dungan

Myles Dungan is an Irish broadcaster and author.

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Neasa Ní Annracháin

Neasa Ní Annracháin (17 October 1922 – 18 December 2014) was an Irish actress known for her work on Irish radio.

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Nell McCafferty

Nell McCafferty (born 28 March 1944) is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist.

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Niall Tóibín

Niall Tóibín (born 21 November 1929) is an Irish comedian and actor.

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Nicky Kelly

Eamonn Noel Kelly (born 9 January 1951), known as Nicky Kelly, is an Irish politician from Arklow in County Wicklow.

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Nighthawks (TV series)

Nighthawks was an Irish television series broadcast on Network 2 (now known as RTÉ Two).

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Nuala O'Faolain

Nuala O'Faolain (1 March 19409 May 2008) was an Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

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Olivia O'Leary

Olivia O'Leary (born 1949) is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.

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Orla Guerin

Orla Guerin MBE (born 15 May 1966) is an Irish journalist and news presenter.

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Paddy Crosbie

Paddy Crosbie (1 October 1913 – 2 September 1982) was the Irish creator of the radio and television programmes The School Around The Corner and Back To School.

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Pat Kenny

Patrick "Pat" Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is a veteran Irish broadcaster, who currently hosts the daily radio show The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk and the current affairs show Pat Kenny Tonight on TV3.

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Pat O'Connor (director)

Pat O'Connor (born 1943 in Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland) is a BAFTA-winning Irish film director.

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Peggy Dell

Margaret Tisdall (8 January 1906 – 30 April 1979), better known by her stage name Peggy Dell, was an Irish singer and pianist who became a popular music hall entertainer.

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Peggy Seeger

Margaret "Peggy" Seeger (born June 17, 1935) is an American folksinger.

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Peter Collinson (film director)

Peter Collinson (1 April 1936 – 16 December 1980) was a British film director probably best remembered for directing The Italian Job (1969).

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Peter Watkins

Peter Watkins (born 29 October 1935) is an English film and television director.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.

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Proinsias Mac Aonghusa

Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (English: Francis McGuinness; 23 June 1933 – 28 September 2003) was an Irish journalist, writer, tv presenter and campaigner.

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Questions and Answers (TV series)

Questions and Answers is a topical debate television programme broadcast in Ireland for 23 years between 1986 and 2009.

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Radharc

Radharc was an Irish television documentary series broadcast by RTÉ Television from 1962 until 1996.

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Radio Kerry

Radio Kerry is a full-service, licensed radio station that operates from the franchise area of County Kerry in Southwest Ireland.

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Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.

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Ray D'Arcy

Raymond Michael D'Arcy (born 1 September 1964) is an Irish television and radio presenter currently on his second spell at state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally (30 March 1926 – 15 June 1989) was an Irish actor.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk (born 12 July 1946) is an English writer and journalist.

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Robert Kee

Robert Kee, CBE (5 October 1919 – 11 January 2013) was a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland.

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Rosaleen Linehan

Rosaleen Linehan (born Rosaleen Philomena McMenamin on 1 June 1937, Dublin) is an Irish stage, screen and television actress.

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Rose of Tralee (festival)

The Rose of Tralee International Festival is an international event which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world.

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RTÉ 2fm

RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ.

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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (previously known as The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra) is the concert music orchestra of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

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RTÉ News: Six One

RTÉ News: Six One is the evening news programme broadcast each night on Irish television channel RTÉ One.

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RTÉ One

RTÉ One (RTÉ a hAon) is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland.

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RTÉ Radio 1

RTÉ Radio 1 (RTÉ Raidió 1) is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926.

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RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta ("Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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RTÉ Sport

RTÉ Sport is a department of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ.

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RTÉ2

RTÉ2 is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, and literary translator who lived in Paris for most of his adult life.

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Scrap Saturday

Scrap Saturday was a satirical radio sketch show created by Dermot Morgan, who was also the main performer on the show, and Gerry Stembridge, which ran on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday mornings from 1989 until 1991.

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Seán Bán Breathnach

Seán Bán Breathnach (known as SBB) is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and personality.

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Shay Healy

Shay Healy (born March 1943) is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist.

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Somerville and Ross

Somerville and Ross (Edith Somerville and Violet Florence Martin, writing under the name Martin Ross) were an Anglo-Irish writing team, perhaps most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series The Irish R.M..

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

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Strumpet City

Strumpet City is a 1969 historical novel by James Plunkett set in Dublin, Ireland, around the time of the 1913 Dublin Lock-out.

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Taoiseach

The Taoiseach (pl. Taoisigh) is the prime minister, chief executive and head of government of Ireland.

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Tánaiste

The Tánaiste is the deputy head of government of Ireland and the second-most senior officer in the Government of Ireland.

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Ted Nealon

Ted Nealon (24 November 1929 – 28 January 2014) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and journalist.

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Television in the Republic of Ireland

Television in the Republic of Ireland is available through a variety of platforms.

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Teresa Mannion

Teresa Mannion (born 1961) is an Irish journalist and broadcaster.

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Terry Willers

Terry Willers (1935 – 9 November 2011) was a noted cartoonist and animator.

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The Ascent of Man

The Ascent of Man is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973; it was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize–winning English author John Galsworthy.

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The Gay Byrne Show

The Gay Byrne Show (previously The Gay Byrne Hour and also known as The GB Show) was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998.

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The Gerry Ryan Show

A recent promotion on The Gerry Ryan Show, "Aero Hunt For the Hunk" (30 September 2008), led to this Ryan jest.

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The Great War (TV series)

The Great War is a 26-episode documentary series from 1964 on the First World War.

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The Importance of Being Oscar

The Importance of Being Oscar is a one man show devised by the soi-disant ("self-styled") Irish actor Micheál MacLiammóir and based on the writings of Oscar Wilde.

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The Late Late Show (Irish TV series)

The Late Late Show, with its title often shortened to The Late Late, is an Irish chat show.

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The Live Mike

The Live Mike was an Irish television comedy, variety, and chat show presented by Mike Murphy.

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The Plough and the Stars

The Plough and the Stars is a play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey first performed on February 8, 1926 by the Abbey Theatre in the writer's native Dublin.

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The Riordans

The Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann (then called Telefís Éireann).

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The Sunday Game

The Sunday Game is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's main Gaelic games television programme.

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The Treaty (film)

The Treaty is a 1991 Irish historical television film written by Brian Phealan and directed by Jonathan Lewis.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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The Well of the Saints

The Well of the Saints is a three-act play written by Irish playwright J. M. Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre by the Irish National Theatre Society in February 1905.

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This Week (RTÉ radio series)

This Week is a news and current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.

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Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)

Thomas Osborne Davis (14 October 1814 – 16 September 1845) was an Irish writer who was the chief organiser of the Young Ireland movement.

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Today Tonight (Ireland)

Today Tonight was an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting.

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Tolka Row

Tolka Row is an Irish soap opera set in a fictional housing estate on the northside of Dublin.

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Tom McGurk

Tom McGurk (Tomás Mac Oric.) (born 20 December 1946) is an Irish poet, journalist, radio presenter and sportscaster from Brockagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Trom agus Éadrom

Trom agus Éadrom (meaning "Heavy and Light") was an Irish television variety show which was broadcast bilingually in Irish and English by Radio Telefís Éireann between 1975 and 1985.

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TV3 (Ireland)

TV3 is a commercial free-to-air television channel operated within Ireland by the TV3 Group operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global.

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Ulysses (broadcast)

The Ulysses broadcast occurred on Bloomsday 1982 when the Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ Radio, transmitted an uninterrupted 30-hour dramatised performance, by 33 actors of the RTÉ Players, of the entire text of James Joyce's epic novel, Ulysses, to commemorate the centenary of the author's birth (born 2 February 1882).

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water.

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Wesley Burrowes

Wesley Burrowes (15 April 193031 December 2015) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.

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West Clare Railway

The West Clare Railway (WCR) originally operated in County Clare, Ireland between 1887 and 1961, and has partially re-opened.

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William Trevor

William Trevor KBE (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016) was an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer.

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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell".

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Zig and Zag (puppets)

Zig and Zag are a puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison.

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1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.

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7 Days (Irish TV series)

7 Days (previously Seven Days) was a RTÉ One current affairs programme presented by Brian Farrell, Brian Cleeve and John O'Donoghue and broadcast in Ireland from 1966 until 1976.

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