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Columnist Andrea Cleghorn

Moral Revival: The Shock of Love

by The Bedford Citizen
August 6, 2016
5 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn Anyone who watched the 2016 Democratic National Convention could not have missed Rev. William Barber, the dynamic North Carolina…

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Kansas Comes to County Kerry, and the Years Melt Away

by The Bedford Citizen
June 30, 2016
7 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn Fifty years is a long time in anyone’s book. But somehow half a century evaporated in the mist when…

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“The Whipple Brunch” ~ a Q & A With Author Andrea Cleghorn

by The Bedford Citizen
March 26, 2016
6 mins read

Special to The Bedford Citizen Andrea Cleghorn is a longtime Bedford resident, having lived here in two different houses near the Common…

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Dispatch from Ireland #2: Writer Dervla Murphy – Prolific, Intrepid, Undaunted

by The Bedford Citizen
October 9, 2015
5 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn If you were to look up “Irish writer/bicyclist/adventurer” online, Dervla Murphy’s name and face would come up. She has…

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Dispatch from Ireland #1: Writing Across the Water

by The Bedford Citizen
September 14, 2015
6 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn Last fall, which we all know as the real start of any year, on weekday mornings at home in…

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Dispatch from Ireland – 10 Good Things about Kenmare

by The Bedford Citizen
August 8, 2014
7 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn There are plenty of reasons to make the journey to Ireland: Uncover your roots and then cope with what…

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Dispatches from Ireland – Anam Cara: A Shelter for Artists and Writers

by The Bedford Citizen
July 30, 2014
5 mins read

There is quiet industry in the countryside of West Cork, housed in a pretty house with robin’s egg blue shutters, gorgeous hydrangeas…

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Dispatches From Ireland – The Balloon Man: One Man’s Journey of Creative Discovery

by The Bedford Citizen
July 28, 2014
6 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn It is hard to miss a man with a clown jacket and a crown of balloons, still there is…

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Dispatches from Ireland – Hollywood in Enniscorthy

by The Bedford Citizen
July 25, 2014
5 mins read

By Andrea Cleghorn There’s a small town in County Wexford that is celebrating its 1500th birthday, but that is not the only…

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Dispatches from Ireland – A Bit of the Riviera South of Dublin City Center

by The Bedford Citizen
July 23, 2014
2 mins read

  By Andrea Cleghorn Heading toward the capital city from the south, it is worth a detour to slow down, get out…

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Dispatches From Ireland – Country In Turmoil

by The Bedford Citizen
July 21, 2014
1 min read

By Andrea Cleghorn Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of Dispatches from Ireland by Bedford writer Andrea Cleghorn Who…

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