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News and Articles on Brendan Behan
Ireland celebrates 250 years of Guinness Sep 23, 2009
Cassidy is researching how drinking is linked to Irish culture and creativity, from writer Brendan Behan to film star Colin Farrell. "It was understood that you could be drunk and Irish and creative. That link to a notion of creativity is not just Irish, but we seem to have made it an art form," Cassidy told AFP.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Person at Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert Mar 14, 2009
Perhaps the most conspicuous of these was "Patriot Game," a traditional song whose modern form is credited to Dominic Behan, songwriter and younger brother of Irish poet and playwright Brendan Behan. The Behans were denizens of the White Horse Tavern on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, the Clancys' favorite watering hole. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pubs to pore over Mar 8, 2009
Many elements that define a great pub are in rich supply at Brendan Behan, but none so critical as the dimly lighted lamps. Says a customer cloaked at a corner table on a soon-to-be-bustling Thursday eve: "That's what makes it cool because it's intimate; it's warm. . . . It kind of reminds me of a medieval tavern, with all the wood, the wainscoting." Photos of Yeats, Joyce, and Behan help to guard the bar as a place of repose, perfect for sitting over a pint of Guinness to read a book or chat... (Boston Globe)
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