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", attributeFilter: ['class'], In Dreams. } const hash = getUrlHash(); She was just one of 14, and there were three children that lost their lives. show_spinner: true, badgeToUse = badge; const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { Rea was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan's thriller The Crying Game (1992). } if (activeTabId === 'shop-front-monthly-prices-tab-trigger') { return; This month, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on November 21, the Abbey Theatre partners for the first time with the GAA to give voice to the 14 men, women and children who were killed in Croke Park on that day, in 14 Voices From The Bloodied Field. var badges = Object.keys(selectedPrice.badges); const flipPayEl = document.getElementById('flip-pay'); const tabs = document.getElementById('shop-front-tabs'); if (! } When your life is driving you insane, you can stay sane by just getting down and doing some work.\u0026amp;quot;So could he ever imagine stopping?He gives me one of those signature wry Rea smiles and says: \u0026amp;quot;Sometimes I wonder if I\u0026#039;ll get up in the morning.\u0026amp;quot;100 years on: 14 Voices commemorates the lives lost in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday This month, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on November 21, the Abbey Theatre partners for the first time with the GAA to give voice to the 14 men, women and children who were killed in Croke Park on that day, in 14 Voices From The Bloodied Field.

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