Word: houlihans
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...Aran Islands, conceivably the most significant trip in modern dramatic literature, for out of it came Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World. Again, if Yeats had not spoon-fed Dublin's infant Abbey Theater with the heady ethnic pabulum of Cathleen ni Houlihan, there would have been neither stage nor actors for the memorable tragi-comedies of Sean O'Casey. And above all, there was the matchless mature poetry of Yeats himself, not popular balladry as he had hoped, not mythic, mysterious and magical as he had planned, but lucid, passionate, realistic, masterly...
Juno and the Paycock (Angel, 2 LPs). With a foreword by Playwright Sean O'Casey, one of the century's great tragicomedies boils up again from the Dublin slums. Siobhan McKenna, as Juno, has in her voice all the ache and sorrow of Cathleen Ni Houlihan; Seamus Kavanagh makes his Captain a lovable buffoon for most of three acts and - at the right moment - turns him into a villain; Cyril Cusack whines and wheedles his way magnificently into the role of Joxer Daly...
Neither of the nominating speeches directly mentioned the controversy which had been aired before the entire College in the past two weeks. It was evident, however, that the Smith faction was highly indignant over the findings of the Houlihan Committee, which, in effect, dismissed the eight charges of corruption which had been brought against the Stalker group...
...Houlihan last night said that he hoped the polarized presentation of evidence would not discourage any student having information from presenting it since his committee must make semi-judicial decisions...
...Houlihan stated that his committee was "a creature of the HYRC. Our responsibility and report is to them. What they do is in their control." The HYRC Planning Committee Friday night voted to distribute the findings and the conclusion of the investigation to HYRC members before the election. The committee can recommend withdrawal from the presidential race if it so desires...