Jean Cormier: Raconteur who scuppered Irish slam
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The mystery behind a French writer’s claim to have sabotaged an Irish Grand Slam in Paris can be unravelled at long last, 36 years after it happened.
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The mystery behind a French writer’s claim to have sabotaged an Irish Grand Slam in Paris can be unravelled at long last, 36 years after it happened.
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