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The ‘Emancipator of Jamaica’ [Dubliner, 12/01]
This column appeared in The Dubliner in December 2001. Jesse James was a Kerryman. (*) So was Lord Kitchener. The first guy to work out why the sky is blue grew up in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow. And I am destined to be a horrendous historical bore, I know. My children will grow up on back […]