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With the Republic of Ireland, if it isn't one thing, it's bound to be another. For two years the Irish of Eire were miffed because Australia's government was represented in Dublin by a mere charge d'affaires, while Eire had a full-fledged ambassador in Canberra. Last April Australia (20% of whose population is of Irish descent) did its best to make amends, appointed a mystery writer named Dominic Paul McGuire as Ambassador to Eire. He got as far as London, but no farther. Miffed all over again, the Irish had turned McGuire...
...constituency the Unionists lost was Roman Catholic East Tyrone, where the Nationalist Party, which favors union with Dublin, has been in full sway since 1921. Some of the Nationalists in East Tyrone wanted to return Joseph Stewart, Dungannon publican, to the seat he has held for 20 years. Others thought better of Desmond Mallon, who publicly promised not to take the seat even...
...long-standing squabble between Petrillo's A.F.M. and the British Musicians Union, Kenton was not allowed to play in England. Not to be thwarted, 200 British fans flew in chartered planes to catch the show in Brussels, and at week's end, 3,000 more traveled to Dublin to catch Kenton's au revoir to Europe. "Over here," said Stan, "our music seems to be taken more seriously than back home...
Lest you give the impression that there is any "Scotchness" about the Irish, I should like to point out for the record as an Irishman who traveled on the Dublin-Belfast train that the custom is to throw a raol into the Boyne when passing and not a meager penny as you said...
Died. Edward Joseph Flynn, 61, longtime Democratic boss of New York's Bronx County (pop. 1,491,000); after long illness; while vacationing in Dublin, Ireland. Elected county sheriff with Tammany backing in 1921, Flynn became boss of the county machine a few months later, efficiently converted the Bronx from a Republican stronghold into the greatest Democratic fortress north of the Mason-Dixon line. Splitting with Tammany in 1925, he backed the late Jimmy Walker for mayor, later became the leading New Dealer among Democratic city bosses ("I'm for anything Roosevelt is for"). When National Committee Chairman...