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...four men suspected of trying to bomb London's transport system on July 21 were apprehended last week, another group of terrorists said it was laying down its weapons. In a DVD video, I.R.A. veteran Seanna Walsh - who spent 21 years in prison for munitions offenses - stood before an Irish flag to read a statement formally ending the organization's 36-year armed campaign to force Britain out of Northern Ireland. By ordering its members to "dump arms" and adopt "exclusively peaceful means," the I.R.A. leadership signaled that their decades-long quest for Irish unity now rests in the hands...
...Dave Perry himself arrived near the end, and Chaz Scoggins as well. Afterwards, Bruce Robinson, whom I?ve been tight with since kindergarten, joined Chaz and me for a couple of rounds at a nearby Irish pub. None of us knew for sure if the Schilling thing would work, but as Bruce said: ?Spices it up.? We talked about old times, ?back when the Sox were losers,? and remarked how times change. We discussed, at some length, that morning?s bombings in London, and said the unoriginal thing: ?What a world...
...some, the O'Shaughnessy Dam is a monument to the skills of the Irish-American engineer who built it. Elegant is the word that Susan Leal, general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, uses to describe the curved wedge of rock and concrete that soars 300 ft. above the floor of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. But to others, the dam, constructed nearly a century ago inside the western boundary of Yosemite National Park, is a mocking tombstone to a landscape whose haunting beauty has lain for too long beneath 100 billion gallons of water...
...Irish student at Harvard, Tommy Doyles’ popularity will depend on factors other than its faithful replication of the Irish pub aesthetic...
Tommy Doyles’ menu offers an eclectic mix of pub food, from burgers and fajitas to calamari, salads, and egg-heavy brunches. True to its roots, the restaurant also features Irish stew, corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie, and bangers and mash. Entrees are generally priced...