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Clodagh Finn: The love stories that made headlines

Clodagh Finn: The love stories that made headlines

Molly Allgood was said to have had a tempestuous relationship with JM Synge.

Whatever about the legal and long-term implications of putting the term ‘durable relationships’ into the Irish Constitution, is there any formulation of words more likely to deaden the thrill of romance? It takes all the danger out of a liaison, making it sound more like a sensible, lace-up shoe.

Perhaps good partnerships are indeed like that but, ahead of Valentine’s Day next week, let’s rekindle a bit of the spark with these love stories from history:

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