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I’M just back from Ireland where my wife Ann and I celebrated two great events.
Our golden wedding — yes, we have been married for 50 years — and the centenary of the Easter Rising when, 100 years ago, a gallant band of Irish freedom fighters challenged the might of the most powerful empire in history.
Coincidently, the first holiday Ann and I ever took together, shortly before our wedding, was also to Ireland.
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