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The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy.

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Tunes
Happy
Great
Irish

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The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.
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I gave them all the truth and none of the honesty.
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