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', \u0026amp;quot;I had a consistent career in America after that. script.onerror = function() { !subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus ? let userWall = 'none'; } else if (purchase.badge['premium'] && purchase.badge['premium'] == true) { base: { socialEmbed.innerHTML = ''; let bodyAvailable = false; }); if (tabs) { position: index, span_tag.style.backgroundColor = ""; The film, famously, took dramatic licence with its depiction of Bloody Sunday in 1920.\u0026amp;quot;It was slightly fantastical, because they had a tank coming into Croke Park, which didn\u0026#039;t happen, but [Jordan] wanted to show the military excess that was involved.\u0026amp;quot;Rea is revisiting Bloody Sunday as part of the Abbey\u0026#039;s 14 Voices from the Bloodied Field, which will commemorate those who lost their lives. childList: true, Dil : Know what, honey? } if (node.id === 'template-prices-login-button') { subscriptionStatus: 'Corporate', * It's the Tommy Tiernan show! bundleContainer.classList.toggle('-three', bundleContainer.children.length === 3); return -1; window.loadGTM = function () { } Listen Live: Classic and Contemporary Celtic, Listen Live: Cape, Coast and Islands NPR Station, MASTERPIECE Music: A 'Miss Scarlet and The Duke' Playlist, D.C. museum is the first to show art exclusively by women, 'Space Adventure' exhibit takes off in Chelsea, Local Grammy winning musician Steven Feifke discusses his latest album, 'All Creatures Great and Small' season 3 episode 7 recap: merry bloody Christmas. if (isUpgrades) { \u0026amp;quot;There\u0026#039;s people who want to talk about her politics but I\u0026#039;ve two boys upstairs who lost their mother and they need to come to terms with the fact that they don\u0026#039;t have a mother.\u0026amp;quot;Fatherhood is one of the great joys in his life, and something that has eased the pain of lockdown. items_used: accessObject.metered_paywall_items_used, return key.split('granted_by_')[1]; Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 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