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King of the Pipers – An Irishman’s Diary on Leo Rowsome
- Opinion
- September 11, 2020, 20:01
The title “King of the Pipers” has been bestowed on various Irish uilleann pipers but few would dispute that Leo Rowsome, who died 50 years ago on Sep(...)

Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
- Media & Marketing
- August 29, 2020, 08:14
Claddagh Records has agreed to license a back catalogue that includes the Chieftains and Sean Ó Riada to music giant Universal. Founded by friends Ga(...)

Miriam Lord: Seanad candidates get their campaigns in full swing
- Politics
- March 7, 2020, 02:23
Let us not forget that there are more important things going on than the formation of a new government, the search for a saviour for the Labour Party (...)

Rings bring Claddagh Records story full circle
- Heritage
- January 18, 2020, 06:00
Twenty-two Claddagh rings from the collection of patron of the arts, traditional Irish music and poetry enthusiast and all-round bon viveur Garech Bro(...)

Garech Browne: Last Days at Luggala – ‘We’re skirting around the fact he was an alcoholic’
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 19, 2019, 09:55
Who – or what – was Garech Browne? It’s hard for the people who knew him to reach a consensus, although Last Days at Luggala (RTÉ One, Wednesday, 9.35(...)

Fear of Luggala ‘Disneyfication’ drove Bono to try to buy estate
- Irish News
- December 18, 2019
U2 lead singer Bono tried to buy Luggala, the Co Wicklow estate and house owned until recently by the Guinness family and home to Garech Browne until (...)

Garech Browne: The spendthrift Irish aristocrat who burned through millions
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 17, 2019
His parties and hospitality were unsurpassed, but a new documentary about Garech Browne paints a portrait of a spendthrift who eventually ran out of m(...)

Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door
- Homes & Property
- August 15, 2019, 15:51
Who knew that fancy hotels could be among the riskiest places in Dublin? Compensation culture has claimed its latest victim, and the city’s purists ar(...)

No change to public access at Luggala Estate, say owners
- Environment
- October 14, 2018, 01:00
The trust which owns the large Luggala Estate in Co Wicklow has insisted there is no change regarding public access to certain areas within its ground(...)

Laughter fills the air as Luggala laments Garech Browne
- Irish News
- August 11, 2018, 01:00
In a simple ceremony on the edge of Lough Tay, the ashes of Garech Browne, art collector, patron of the arts, and a Guinness heir, were poured into it(...)