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The Shadow of a Gunman

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The Shadow of a Gunman is a 1923 play by Seán O'Casey set during the Irish War of Independence. [1]

27 relations: Abbey Theatre, Academy Awards, Auxiliary Division, Battle of the Boyne, BBC Two, Black and Tans, Bronagh Gallagher, Dublin, Frank Converse, Irish Free State, Irish nationalism, Irish Republican Army, Irish War of Independence, Juno and the Paycock, Kathleen Ni Houlihan, Kenneth Branagh, Mills bomb, Orange Order, Progress Theatre, Protestantism, Reading, Berkshire, Richard Dreyfuss, Seán O'Casey, Stephen Rea, The Adventures, The Plough and the Stars, William III of England.

Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Auxiliary Division

The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC), generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, was a paramilitary unit of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence.

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Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Black and Tans

The Black and Tans (Dúchrónaigh), officially the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve, was a force of temporary constables recruited to assist the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence.

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Bronagh Gallagher

Bronagh Gallagher (born 26 April 1972) is an Northern Irish singer and actress.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Frank Converse

Frank Converse (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Irish Republican Army

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several paramilitary movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock is a play by Seán O'Casey, and is highly regarded and often performed in Ireland.

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Kathleen Ni Houlihan

Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, "Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan") is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism found in literature and art, sometimes representing Ireland as a personified woman.

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Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1959) is a British actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Mills bomb

Mills bomb is the popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades.

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Orange Order

The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal order based primarily in Northern Ireland.

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Progress Theatre

Progress Theatre is a local theatre company at Reading, Berkshire in England with 'a reputation for excellence'.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including American Graffiti, Jaws, Stand by Me, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Goodbye Girl, Always, and Mr. Holland's Opus.

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Seán O'Casey

Seán O'Casey (Seán Ó Cathasaigh; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist.

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Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea (born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor.

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The Adventures

The Adventures were a Northern Irish rock band, formed in Belfast in 1984.

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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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William III of England

William III (Willem; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 and King of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_a_Gunman

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