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Book review: Hopscotch and Queenie-I-O: A 1960s Irish Childhood

In this entertaining book, former MaGill editor Damian Corless casts a wry eye over Ireland in the ‘swinging’ sixties.

Book review: Hopscotch and Queenie-I-O: A 1960s Irish Childhood

Sat, 04 Mar, 2017 - 00:00

Review: Des Breen

Damian Corless

The Collins Press, €12.99

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