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Here's how the 2016 arts scene was for us

Our regular arts/ents writers, Alan O’Riordan and Marjorie Brennan, select their personal highlights of the year.

Here's how the 2016 arts scene was for us

Wed, 28 Dec, 2016 - 00:00

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Arts Film & TV Arts Theatre Music Entertainment literature Books Film cinema movies TV television Podcasts Place: Abbey Theatre Place: Midlands Place: Vicar Street Place: National Concert Hall Place: Dublin Place: Cork Place: Crosstown Drift Place: Cork City Place: Luke Place: Crosstown D Person: Alan O Person: Riordan Person: Marjorie Brennan Person: Alan O’Riordan Person: Annabelle Comyn Person: Tom Murphy Person: George Person: Martha Person: Fiona Bell Person: Denis Conway Person: Edward Albee Person: Michael Keegan-Dolan Person: Charles Lloyd Person: Wayne Shorter Person: David Bowie Person: Leonard Cohen Person: Nick Cave Person: Obama Person: Jay McInerney Person: Mike McCormack Person: Adam Curtis Person: Lisa McInerney Person: McInerney Person: Kevin Barry Person: Olivia Smith Person: Joe Kelly Event: Dublin Theatre Festival Event: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival Event: Cork Midsummer Festival Organisation: Radiohead Organisation: A Tribe Called Quest Organisation: HBO Organisation: BBC

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