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In 1924, following several decades of lobbying and disputation, Dublin’s main thoroughfare was finally renamed O’Connell Street. Like all such changes, the new name was a public affirmation of shifts in the cultural and civic consciousness of the city. Over…

Manchán Magan was abroad when he learned he was ill. At the time, the broadcaster and writer was in the Basque region of Spain, shooting his latest television series, Manchán’s Europe by Train; having given up air travel for journalism…