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1919

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Elsewhere in 1919

January 1 – HMY Iolaire sinks off the coast of the Hebrides, 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. January 1 – The Czechoslovak Legions occupy the Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. January 3 — The Faisal—Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal …

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The Forgotten First International Women’s Football Match

Over at BBC Radio 4’s Home Front website there is a fascinating article about the first Women’s international match, between England and Ireland in 1917 Mr Brennan has unearthed newspapers from the time which describe the match as “international” and report that it attracted 20,000 spectators. The Lord Mayor of Belfast kicked off the match …

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James Joyce – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

The first and easily the most accessible of Joyce’s three novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man tells the story of the early life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictionalized version of Joyce who will later appear in Ulysses. Cut down from a gigantic experimental autobiography, the work took Joyce the best part …

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