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You Are Always On My Mind

Before I met you, everything was dreary I passed my time from day to lifeless day And then…

Young Hunting

Young Hunting’s to the castle gone As fast as he could ride He’s a hunting horn about his…

The Zoological Gardens

Thunder and lightning is no lark When Dublin City is in the dark So if you’ve any money,…

An image of Gráinne Cronin — Gráinne Cronin

On this day in 1988

The first Aer Lingus flight with an all-female crew, led by Captain Gráinne Cronin and Co-Pilot Elaine Egan, goes from Dublin to Shannon.

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