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Decoding ‘The twelve days of Christmas’

December 20, 2005

Barney McGuckian examines a theory that the popular Christmas song ‘The twelve days of Christmas’ might have been a 16th century coded message invented by Jesuits to communicate the tenets...

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Rooting for Matt

March 20, 2005

Barney McGuckian recounts his valiant but failed attempt to convince ‘Gerry Ryan Show’ listeners to vote for Matt Talbot as Ireland’s favourite saint. Late in October, Evelyn from the Gerry...

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