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...often ferociously sectarian Protestant identity is legendary - for decades, the club would not sign Catholic players no matter how talented. But to understand why the Rangers faithful were seen flying the Israeli flag, one only had to look across the field to the fans of the visiting team, Glasgow Celtic - the pride of Scotland's Catholics and the Irish Catholic Diaspora - were flying Palestinian flags. Call that an instance of wry Glaswegian humor inserting itself into the decades-old binary sectarianism that binds the soccer terraces of Glasgow to the bloody streets of Northern Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer's New Wars | 7/15/2004 | See Source »

Kelleher, an emeritus professor of Irish studies in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, first came to Harvard...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

From 1947 to 1986, Kelleher was a professor in the English and history departments as well as the Department of Celtic Literature and Languages...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...Just about everyone working in the field of Celtic studies—and especially in Irish studies—was either a student of his or was greatly influenced by his work,” said Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures Patrick K. Ford...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...Chinese and Western music." In practice, that means retaining just enough Chinese flavor to create an exotic sheen without alienating listeners unaccustomed to the moan of the erhu (a two-stringed fiddle) or the plink of the pipa. The finished product is about as Chinese as Enya is Celtic-but their culture-shockproof tunes travel well across borders and in elevators. The group's version of the jazz classic Take Five is nowadays piped over the p.a. systems of Tokyo convenience stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dozen Roses | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

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