THE SPIRIT OF IRELAND HIBERNIAN BOOK NIGHT IS BACK! Join us November 19 at Kells Restaurant on SW Second for an evening of readings, reflections and reactions to the written word with Irish blood in its veins. (Mixed metaphor.) Six P.M. for no-host dinner and Seven P.M. for the readings.

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How could Ireland not name the new National Hospital after this woman?

Ireland’s decision NOT to name its new national hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn is controversial. She had a remarkable career as pediatrician, freedom fighter, politician and children’s hospital founder.