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Breakfast on Pluto

Imagine an infant born to an unwed mother in a small, provincial town in Ireland, in the early 1950s. Imagine the tiny baby being left at the doorsteps of the Parish priest who finds a dutiful, but hardly loving foster … Continue reading

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Great Irish films

Actually, this will review only two of the many outstanding Irish movies of the last decade, two that I watched recently. First, there’s Disco Pigs, a deeply touching tale reminiscent of classic Greek tragedies. Two babies, a boy and a … Continue reading

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