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Oileán #3 - The American Wake

Oileán #3 - The American Wake

The land is too small to serve all and we must cross the sea

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Tom Shiels
Mar 23, 2025
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A slight change in format this week. Instead of diary entries, I want to talk about the American Wake. In a week during which we celebrated St Patrick’s Day, Garron Noone got himself in hot water because of a post about immigration in Ireland, and Conor McGregor bizarrely visited the White House, it feels appropriate to talk about the American Wake.

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