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JUN
13
Lecture - Betrayal in Irish Cultural History
13-06-2012
Irish World Heritage Centre Manchester
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27
Lecture - Landscapes of Ireland: Spectacle, Performance and Memory
27-06-2012
Irish World Heritage Centre Manchester
Enter our free competition and be in with a chance of winning one of 10 copies of Irish film Parked.
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Parked – behind the movie
“Sometimes the person you least expect can help you find your way home”
Fred (Colm Meaney, The Snapper), has fallen on hard times and finds himself living in his car with little hope of improving his situation.
That all changes when he forms an unlikely friends...
What better way to get in the St Patrick's Day spirit, than with this great collection of Irish music, comedy and sports DVDs and CDs from the RTÉ online store.
Enter our free competition to have a chance of winning one of 20 prizes up for grabs.
We've got 20 free CDs and DVDS from the following to giveaway:
The Original Dubliners - 20 Greatest Hits
D'Unbelievables - One Hell of a Do
In The Blood - The Story of Irish Racing
Ireland's Grand Slam Glory
Daniel O'Donnell - The Ultimate Collection
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Irish Post readers have an exclusive opportunity to win a scholarship to the Institute of Irish Studies to study a postgraduate course worth up to £5,000.
The well-respected educational establishment will offer a place to one of our readers who hope to enrol on an MA course at the University of Liverpool-based Institute in either the Understanding Conflict or Irish Studies disciplines.
Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of the Institute of Irish Studies and Blair Chair of Irish Studies, said: “I am pleased to be able to offer these scholarships as part of the Institute's continuing expansion of its postgraduate programmes.”
The Institute will cover the fees of the winning applicant – which are £5,000 for a full-time course or £2,500 part-time.
The MA in Understanding Conflict is...
What better gift for the one you love (or yourself) this Valentine’s Day, than the beautiful ‘Two Hearts’ jewellery set from the Belleek Living Designer Jewellery collection?
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Organisers of this year's Listowel Writers’ Week are encouraging the new wave of Irish in Britain to enter The Irish Post’s New Writing Competition that will run as part of the internationally renowned Kerry summer festival.
The competition, in association with Stena Line, is not open to residents of Ireland and instead aims to unearth new Irish writing talent in Britain.
It is one of 12 competitions in Ireland’s leading literary festival, which also features a series of writers’ workshops led by some the country’s leading authors, playwrights and journalists.
The week-long event – taking place from May 30 -June 3, is celebrating its 41st anniversary this year having by founded by prominent Irish writers like John B. Keane and Dr Bryan MacMahon.
This year marks the 40th anniversary o...
On January 16 The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson, is out in Britain on DVD. Last year the hit film became the most successful independent Irish film of all time at the box-office - taking the crown from 2006’s The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Watch the trailer here and for your chance to win a copy get this week's Irish Post (January 14) for our great DVD give-away competition.
REVIEW
The Guard
Starring Brendan Gleeson
Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh
Out January 16
DVD £17.99/ Blu-ray £22.99
If you’ve given up the couch potato lifestyle having had your fill of films over Christmas and New Year – think It’s A Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Mary Poppins…the usual suspects – then make an exception for John Michael...