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Work has been completed on the £1 million restoration of the MillmountMartello Tower, Drogheda, which dates from the Napoleonic War. Therestoration was part of Drogheda’s millennium celebrations and providesmagnificent views of the town and the historic Boyne Valley. A graphicdesigner is currently working on an exhibition of Millmount’s militaryhistory and a collection of Fenian guns—a … Read more

Alan Parker’s film version of Frank McCourt’s childhood memoir of his poverty-stricken upbringing in Limerick in the 1930s and ‘40s seems destined to bring Angela’s Ashes to an even wider audience than the phenomenally successful book. Since it was published in 1997, Angela’s Ashes has won the Pulitzer prize, spent over two years at the … Read more