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Once We Sang Like Other Men by John MacKenna review: The 12 as ordinary people

Once We Sang Like Other Men by John MacKenna review: The 12 as ordinary people | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From www.irishtimes.com - February 12, 2017 11:21 AM
Disciples of a martyred leader hold fast to ‘fairytales and bullshit’ in John MacKenna’s stories
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Hallelujah for the Cohen festival - Noted Irish writers Dermot Bolger, Gerard Smyth and John MacKenna are among those taking part

Hallelujah for the Cohen festival - Noted Irish writers Dermot Bolger, Gerard Smyth and John MacKenna are among those taking part | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From www.irishexaminer.com - August 7, 2014 10:09 AM
Hallelujah for the Cohen festival
Irish Examiner
Noted Irish writers Dermot Bolger, Gerard Smyth and John MacKenna are among those taking part. MacKenna is a longterm friend of Cohen and interviewed him for a series of radio programmes for RTÉ.
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The Book on One 'Clare' by John MacKenna

The Book on One 'Clare' by John MacKenna | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From www.rte.ie - May 23, 2014 10:16 AM
LISTEN TO THE BOOK ON ONE

May marks the 150th anniversary of the death of the poet John Clare.  In 'Clare' we hear his story from peasant poet to literary success and his final committal to an asylum where he remained for the last twenty three years of his life. The story is narrated by his sister, his wife and his daughter.

The book is read by the author and published by New Island Books

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Danu puts women centre stage with Breathless opening - Irish Examiner

Danu puts women centre stage with Breathless opening - Irish Examiner | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From www.irishexaminer.com - February 25, 2014 7:49 AM
Danu puts women centre stage with Breathless opening
Irish Examiner
Amber, the drama series about a missing girl recently screened on RTÉ, ended without closure. “I know a lot of people wanted completion to the story.
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Lucinda Sly - written and directed by John MacKenna

From www.youtube.com - February 28, 2015 7:29 PM
On March 29th 1835, ten thousand people crammed the streets of Carlow to see the public hanging of Lucinda Sly and John Dempsey. It was to be the last public...
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The Undertaker: poem by John MacKenna

The Undertaker: poem by John MacKenna | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From www.irishtimes.com - May 26, 2014 6:52 PM

Each time I pass the undertaker’s store
I swear I see him wink and gently smile.
Behind him, through a widely open door,
a vast array of coffins to beguile,
like invitations issued year on year
to parties that are bound to end in tears.

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Q&A with John MacKenna, Director of our Novel Intermediate (The Halfway Stage) Workshop

Q&A with John MacKenna, Director of our Novel Intermediate (The Halfway Stage) Workshop | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From writersweek.ie - March 4, 2014 3:27 PM
“Writing a novel is hard work… getting stuck somewhere in the middle and losing your way is normal.”
John MacKenna is the author of sixteen books – novels, short stories, memoir and poetry.
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Breathless by John MacKenna- Smock Alley Theatre

Breathless by John MacKenna- Smock Alley Theatre | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
From smockalley.com - January 7, 2014 12:37 PM
Orion Productions & Danu Theatre Company Present BREATHLESS By John MacKenna Starring IFTA Award winning actress Ruth McCabe, Sinead O’Riordan, Donna Patrice and Kate Gilmore. Directed by IFTA Award winning writer Iseult Golden.
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