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...their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version." Exhibit A is the author of that gloomy sentence: Frank McCourt, 66, a retired New York City public school teacher who was born in Depression-racked Brooklyn but spent his formative years in the dank slums of Limerick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: RELIVING HIS BAD EIRE DAYS | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...dreamy-yet-vigorous sound resonated with the public immediately with the band's debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. But even now, the band prefers to stay clear of the limelight in order to concentrate on their music. The Cranberries still live in Limerick, maintaining close relations to both the city and Irish culture, but their fans are by no means limited by geography--the Cranberries have fans all across the world, While To the Faithful Departed takes a harder, more solid approach to its songs, the Cranberries can rest assured that fans will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Same Old Juice From the Cranberry Bog | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...Patrick's Day] means everything to me because I was born in Ireland," says Limerick native Pat Douggan. He looks forward most to the "dear little shamrock, and having an Irish dinner...

Author: By Joshua D. Fine, | Title: For the Moment | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

This confirms what an anonymous limerick has long proclaimed...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...socialites or a locker-room-away-from-home for husky she-jocks is so far anyone's guess. What is certain is that the punch season is upon us, and Dartboard's own bard couldn't let that go without some choice poesy, in that choicest of forms, the limerick...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 2/19/1994 | See Source »

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