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Written by John McCullagh
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Officials in the Library in Memphis ordered the removal from the Crib display there of some figures it had deemed (on 'politically-correct' grounds, we presume) inappropriate. Perhaps someone had objected to the deification of a child born out of wedlock, the public flaunting of his parents, the prominence offered to strangely-dressed travellers - perhaps illegal immigrants. The infant Jesus, his mother, St Joseph and the three Wise Men were taken away.
There are Dervishes everywhere!
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Written by John McCullagh
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Sunday, 08 January 2006 |
This is the view of Newry in the valley from the hill above Dromalane.
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Written by John McCullagh
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Sunday, 08 January 2006 |
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have already had a favourable reaction to the posting of that initial list from
the 19th Century Directory. The following is the rest of ‘Gentry Etc’ from mid-nineteenth century
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