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One clear memory of attending Croke Park many years ago was the number of men wearing Pioneer pins. It was remarkable. At the time there were close to half a million pioneers in Ireland from a population about half todayâs size, when the number of pioneers is about 100,000. Not too many years before my trip to Croke Park, the late Oliver Flanagan TD was quoted in The Irish Times in 1968, saying that it was his opinion that âthe hallmark of every Irish man and woman should be the Pioneer embl
100 not out: Finola Kennedy on the Aga Khan Trophyâs centenary (opens the original)
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Horses have played a unique part in Irish life, captured, for example, in the wonderful recent book by Frances Nolan on the history of National Hunt racing in Ireland. As the Dublin Horse Show gets into full stride, show jumping takes centre stage. Horses and history rhyme. The highlight of the show is the Nationâs Cup for the Aga Khan trophy. Aga Khan III was born in Karachi and had a life long interest in horses. He first set up stud farms in the vicinity of the Curragh in 1923. His stud far
Is there a connection between the Virgin Mary and the EU flag? (opens the original)
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As Ireland assumes the presidency of the Council of the European Union we will become even more familiar with the EU flag, with its circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background, as it is flown from various buildings throughout the country. How those 12 stars came to be part of that flag is interesting. Some years ago, in the Catholic chapel in Brussels Airport, I saw a statue of Mary, mother of Jesus, with a crown of 12 stars. There were also some leaflets in different languages there that said
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