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Sat 12 Dec 2009Trinity tribute to Durcan's 40 years as 'minstrel of modern-day Ireland'
POET PAUL Durcan has been awarded an honorary degree at Trinity College Dublin in recognition of his 40-year role as “the inspired minstrel of modern-day Ireland”.
A leading Egyptian scholar, Ismail Serageldin, was also honoured by the college yesterday, along with Irish Timeseditor Geraldine Kennedy and Michael Griffith, the founding chairman of the charity Fighting Blindness.
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