In Other Words

JOHN O'BYRNE & JERRY RING
IN
OTHER
WORDS
A BOOK OF IRISH AND AMERICAN ANAGRAMS

a book of irish and american anagrams
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We offer multifarious thanks to The Anagram Advisory Council:
Richard Corcoran
John Edward O'Byrne
Terry Martin
Frank Murray
Karen & Erika Ring
None of the above bear any responsibility for opinions expressed or failure to
include important persons.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

John O'Byrne is a Dubliner who specialises in writing word games, parodies

and 100-word novels. His work has been published in Dublin Opinion, New
York Magazine, RTE, BBC, The Sunday TimesSpectator

was published in the
in 1978. He has been struggling
unsuccessfully with an anagram of Cliff Richard for almost six years, and was
delighted when knighthood struck.
Jerry Ring-based award-winning short story writer who has also

written for radio. He has recently completed his first novel and was looking
around for something to do. There being no suitable anagram of his own
name he inflicted himself on everybody else.
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INTRODUCTION

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another

word or phrase (

). It owes its origin to the Greek poet
Lycophron and has a long tradition in world literature. Louis the Thirteenth
(Shh! Hot nuttier elite

title of Samuel Butler's first novel
(1872) is a transposition of
"
". Lewis Carroll and James Joyce were gifted anagrammatists.
The scrambling of letters is a fascinating game of world play. Hidden within

each word or expression is another meaning attempting to escape. Some may
emerge like diamonds of the finest cut and brilliance, razor-sharp, dazzling
and precious; others may appear shaggy, course in texture, confused and
contradictory creatures struggling to meet the reader's gaze. Nonetheless,
each gifted darling strives to tell a story about its parent. How else would we
gain knowledge of the dark underbelly of existence?
In Other Words (or Wonder Hits) has been over two years in the making.
Although it does purport to be a celebration of the historic links between
Ireland and America, it was the proposed visit of President Clinton to Ireland
that gave us the excuse to flaunt our wares and excise our inferior European
anagrams (the Serbo-Croat ones are particularly weak). If Boris Yeltsin
(soberly I isn't

this. Enjoy!
John O'Byrne & Jerry Ring - Grr.& Enjoy her job in N.Y.
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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather an scornful tone, "it means just
what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less". "The question is," said Alice,
"whether you can make words means so many different things."
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Hamlet:
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IRISH ANAGRAMS
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ............................................................................................ 8

ART AND ARTISTS .......................................................................................................... 12
LITERATURE.................................................................................................................... 15
FILM AND FILM MAKERS................................................................................................. 20
HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTS ........................................................................... 23
LANDMARKS AND TREASURES ..................................................................................... 28
MEDIA AND PERSONALITIES ......................................................................................... 34
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS .......................................................................................... 37
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT .......................................................................................... 40
SPORT.............................................................................................................................. 43
TRIVIA .............................................................................................................................. 46
TV AND RADIO................................................................................................................. 49
WRITERS ......................................................................................................................... 51
AMERICAN ANAGRAMS
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ............................................................................................ 56

ART AND ARCHITECTURE.............................................................................................. 61
BOOKS AND PLAYS ........................................................................................................ 63
HOLLYWOOD................................................................................................................... 66
HAUTE COUTURE ........................................................................................................... 73
HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTS ............................................................................ 75
LANDMARKS AND TREASURES ..................................................................................... 78
MEDIA AND PERSONALITIES ......................................................................................... 80
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT .......................................................................................... 83
PROVERBS ...................................................................................................................... 86
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.......................................................................................... 88
SPORT.............................................................................................................................. 91
TRIVIA .............................................................................................................................. 93
TELEVISION .....................................................................................................................97
THE PRESIDENCY........................................................................................................... 99
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .......................................................................................102
WRITERS ......................................................................................................................... 105
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
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Colm Meaney Comely name
Cyril Cusack I cluck scary
Edmond O Brien End in boredom
Gene Kelly Keenly leg
Milo O Shea Some halo I
Stephen Rea Serene path
Barry Fitzgerald Brag lazy drifter
Brenda Fricker Finer rack bred
Aidan Quinn A UN IQ in DNA
Alison Doody So no idol day
Andrew Strong Grand new sort
Angeline Ball Being all elan
Anita Reeves See Ive an art
Arthur Shiels The rural hiss
Charlie Byrne Be richly near
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Charlie Roberts I short cerebral
Daniel Day-Lewis I wild-eyed nasal
Danny La Rue An underlay
Dave Allen Leave land
Dermot Morgan Mr. Dormant Ego
Donal Farmer Ran from lead
Gabriel Byrne Grin by a rebel
Geraldine Plunkett Deep lurking talent
Jimmy O Dea Im joy dame
Joe Pilkington Polite n joking
Kenneth Branagh He then rang bank
Liam Neeson I am one lens
Mary Mc Evoy My racy move
Maureen O Hara Or a humane era
Maureen Potter Mount repartee
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Maureen Toal Am true alone
Milo O Shea ie ham solo
Peter O Toole Reel poet too
Pierce Brosnan Rob screen pain
Robert Arkins Or risk banter
Rosaleen Linehan On in a serene hall
Saskia Reeves As I seek raves
Spike Milligan Like smiling, Pa?
Tom Hickey KO them icy
Ingrid Craigie I I cried raging
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ART AND ARTISTS
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Jack Butler Yeats Just black eye art
Walter Osborne Now restorable
William Orpen Learn oil wimp
Nathaniel Hone He national hen
Sarah Purser Push arrears
Sean Keating Seeking a tan
Maurice Mac Gonigal I glue comic anagram
Frank O Meara Frame anorak
Thomas Moynan Man soon a myth
Pauline Bewick I keep a club win
Evie Hone Ive one he
Oisin Kelly Oil link yes
George Campbell Calm peer boggle
Basil Blackshaw I swab labs chalk
Norah Mc Guinness Hung sane crimson
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Patrick Collins Local ink script
Brian Burke A rubber ink
Robert Ballagh Hell bar bog art
Edward Delaney New layer added
Eilis O Connell Colleens in oil
Willie Doherty Or ill eye width
Thomas Frye He may frost
Arthur Power Up rare worth
Barrie Cooke OK I bare core
Brian Bourke I broke urban
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LITERATURE
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Tale of a Tub Tube afloat
Borstal Boy By solo brat
Edmund Burke Demur debunk
Circle of Friends I forced in rc self
Gullivers Travels TV rules villagers
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Darkly chap ahead
The Commitments This met comment
The Great Hunger Gather huge rent
The Hostage He get a shot
The Playboy of the Western World Whats reported when toyboy fell
The Quare Fella Queer hate fall
The School for Scandal Oh catch fools slander
The Snapper She p parent
The Van Havent
Jonathan Swift Thin son fat jaw
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Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEvil forerunners in technical footnote
She Stoops to Conquer Oh poets scorn quotes
A Woman of No Importance O now of romantic apeman
The Picture of Dorian Gray I father gay reproduction
An Ideal Husband A sad nubile hand
Antony and Cleopatra One and only act apart
Arms and the Man Hand armaments
Castle Rackrent Let cranks react
Devils Disciple Civil deeds slip
Dubliners I blur ends
Finnegans Wake Seen ink wag, fan
Happy Days Pad shy yap
John Bull's Other Island NB. O lad, hurl silent josh
Krapps Last Tape P.S. Take pal's part
Lady Windermeres Fan Answer friendly dame
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Mrs Warren's Profession Or warns mess Porns rife
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man True a nasty arrogant photo a misfit
Riders to the Sea Is resort heated
School for Scandal Load of scorn clash
The Ballroom of Romance On memorable floor chat
The Colleen Bawn Tenable lech won
The Ginger Man Enraging them
The Importance of Being Earnest One fearsome penetrating bitch
The Irish RM Shire mirth
The Rivals Vile trash
Ulysses Sly uses
Waiting for Godot Go now, I got a drift
The Midnight Court Ditch men outright
The Hidden Ireland Did he lend the rain
Irish English Dictionary O this is rich DIY learning
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The Real Charlotte Lethal to trace her
At Swim Two Birds Bar twits wisdom
The Collegians Eh Tale closing
The Captains and the Kings Ha Ha Kids inspect tangent
Shadows on our Skin OK rash is now sound
The Country Girls Grin thy core lust
Doctor Copernicus Poor succinct doer
Translations On an arts list
The Faith Healer If hate here halt
Philadelphia Here I Come Help I limp ahead cheerio
Arrah na Pogue Hear our pagan
The Land of Spices Adopt Chefs lines
Bessie Burgess Begs buses rise
Leopold Bloom Boo model poll
Stephen Daedalus Suspend hate deal
The Children of Lir Henceforth rid ill
The Bull Mc Cabe He cult BBC male
Sebastian Dangerfield Daft beginner assailed
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FILM AND FILM MAKERS
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An Awfully Big Adventure Well I buy avant garde fun
Captain Boycott No by a top tactic
Darby O Gill and the Little People Hell adopt tiny pot bellied glare
Divine Rapture I Revert unpaid
Eat the Peach Hate the pace
Interview with the Vampire Raw teeth thrive I vein wimp
Into the West I sent the two
Man of Aran An foam ran
Neil Jordan Land joiner
Ryans Daughter Huge randy star
Scarlett Star Celt
The Company of Wolves Of what scope my novel
The Crying Game Gray ethnic gem
The Playboys Thy pose ably
The Quiet Man Quaint theme
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The Rising of the Moon Mere hint of shooting
The War of the Buttons Hot wet brats hunt foe
December Bride Bed breed crime
Mise Eire ie me rise
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HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTS
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Brian Boru I burn boar
Charles Stewart Parnell The rascal partners well
Douglas Hyde Head guys old
The Duke of Wellington Foul legend with token
Eamon de Valera Move a deal near
Edmund Burke Mud debunker
Edward Carson A sadder crown
Fionn Mac Cumhaill Im half councilman
Grace O Malley Largely Cameo
Kitty Kiernan Kink in Treaty
Lady Gregory Dry gargoyle
Charles Kickham A rash milk check
Countess Markievicz Makes our citizens cv
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Dan Breen Re banned
Daniel O Connell Call done on-line
Dermot Mc Murrough Or much germ mud rot
Doctor Barnardo Or act drab donor
Henry Carson Sherry canon
Henry Grattan The angry rant
Isaac Butt I a bust act
Lord Brookeborough Or good hero lurk bob
Maud Gonne Mac Bride Bad reading commune
Michael Collins Him in close call
Michael Davitt Im the valid act
Padraic Pearse Paradise caper
Robert Emmet Err meet tomb
Shane O Neill Seen on a hill
Sir Roger Casement Cretins smear gore
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The United Irishmen Thus heed in interim
Theobold Wolfe Tone Noted the fool below
Lord Kitchener One third clerk
John Devoy Oh vend joy
John A Costello Oh no local jest
John Charles Mc Quaid Do charms quench jail
St Columba Mob as cult
Sean Lemass As maleness
O Donovan Rossa So a door van son
Thomas Davis Oh sad TV aims
Boss Croker Broke cross
Sir William Temple Smell imperial wit
James Walton Low jets a man
Molly Malone Y'all loom men
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Rosie O Grady So air dry ego
Maud Gonne Go unnamed
The Stage Irishman Is hates margin
Eva Gore Booth Oh to brave ego
George Berkeley Beer OK grey glee
Admiral Brown Im born war lord
Biddy Early By dire lady
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LANDMARKS AND TREASURES
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Atlantic Ocean Cite: not a canal
Book of Kells OK! OK! Sob fell
Dublin Castle Bad cell units
Newgrange Passage Grave Pagan garage verges NSEW
O Connell Street No centre to sell
River Liffey Vile if ferry
The Abbey Theatre The baby the eater
The Antrim Coast Road O romantic headstart!
The Blarney Stone Hotel nest nearby
The Irish Nation Oh, is that in Erin?
Kitty O Sheas His key toast
Lillies Bordello Oi dolls Ill rebel
O Donoghues No doghouse
Temple of Sound O me found slept
The Baggot Inn Be night tango
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The Brazen Head Hadnt beer haze
The Horseshoe Bar Has beer sooth her
The Long Hall He'll hang lot
The Place of Dance Noted chapel cafe
Sandymount Strand Adds not many turns
The Waterloo Lounge Urge now to ale hotel
The Derrynaflan Hoard And for hearty handler
The Lakes of Killarney Hoteliers flaky ankle
Liberty Hall By hill alert
The Lake Isle of Inishfree If life like heroes hasten
The River Shannon Is northern haven
Trinity College Nice glory title
The Aran Islands Artisans handle
Mount Brandon And moon burnt
Mellifont Abbey Lofty bible name
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Dingle Bay Idly began
Achill Island Call in his lad
The Blasket Islands The skill based ants
Mc Gillicuddy's Reeks Sly muck girl decides
The Old Head of Kinsale Shaded hook in leaflet
Leinster House The noise rules
The Phoenix Park Path expire honk
The Rock of Cashel So check far hotel
The Tara Brooch O hear throat BC
The Book of Durrow Doubt work of hero
The Borrisnoe Gold Collar Stared orc roll in boghole
Muiredachs Cross Coursed rich mass
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The Martello Towers Well smooth retreat
The National Museum Thus one time manual
The Ardagh Chalice Each arch a delight
Georgian Dublin Ego building ran
The Walls of Derry Haters fell rowdy
The Theatre Royal Oh real tatty here
The National Concert Hall Theatrical lot on channel
Castletown House Now slouch estate
The Custom House Shouts cute home
Castle Coole Locate close
The Four Courts So of truth cure
Royal Dublin Society Really bouncy idiots
Temple Bar Pet ramble
The Olympia Theatre I am the earthly poet
The River Poddle Or reviled depth
Malin Head Eh I am land
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The Point Theatre The entire top hat
Rosses Point Sport noises
St Stephens Green Pen sees strength
St Brigids Cross Stirs Gods cribs
Croagh Patrick Cigar rock path
Mother Ireland Real modern hit
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MEDIA AND PERSONALITIES
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Irish Times Hire it, miss
The Sunday Tribune The nun buys it read
Hot Press Rest posh
Phoenix Magazine No haze in page mix
The Star The arts
The Skibereen Eagle Eighteen leak beers
Bob Geldof Bold of beg
Peter Sutherland Help earned trust
The Diceman Im the dance
Noel Pearson A lone person
Veronica Dunne Never acid noun
James Galway Say jaw gleam
Geraldine O Grady Dear glory gained
Margaret Burke Sheridan Breaking earths eardrum
Josef Locke So joke clef
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Glynis Robins Big nylons sir
Lainey Keogh Yeah OK in leg
Marc O Neill I collar men
Paul Costello Allot close up
Philip Treacy I ply hat price
Wendy Hoey Hey now dye
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POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
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Bernie Malone One main rebel
Dail Eireann A lead in Erin
Garret Fitzgerald Glitter grazed far
Ian Paisley Yea, pal, I sin
Michael D Higgins Media clings high
Michael Lowry Hi my clear owl
Political Leaders Editorial scalpel
Proinsias De Rossa Rise soon as a PD sir
Sean Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus Boastful bouncy adrenal skill
Teachtai Dalai I dial a hate act
The Taoiseach John Bruton A nice North South hate job
Sir Patrick Mayhew Im a sky writer chap
David Trimble Add verb limit
Liam Cosgrave A magic solver
Padraig Flynn Find angry pal
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Michael Noonan Nice halo on man
The Tanaiste Dick Spring As thinking deep tact sir.
Des O Malley May see doll
Gerry Adams Arms age dry
Brendan Howlin Hi new born land
Mary O Rourke Or key armour
The Rainbow Coalition Or I now hail to cabinet
Sean Citizen Nice antsize
The Divorce Referendum If much needed voter err
Family Solidarity I fit disloyal army
The Peace Process Speeches rot pace
President Mary Robinson Nation's PR remedy is born
Bishop Eamonn Casey Hosanna my sob piece
Dr Brendan Comiskey Censored by kind arm
Father Brendan Smyth Brethern shy daft man
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POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
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Chris de Burgh Scrub red high
Christy Moore So try me choir
Phil Coulter Hip cult role
Sinead O' Connor Nice or noon-sad?
Frank Patterson Not after pranks
Adam Clayton Do a manly act
An Emotional Fish No Im a hostile fan
Elvis Costello Voice sells lot
Gavin Friday I varying fad
Hothouse Flowers Three show of soul
Paul Brady Bray up lad
Paul Hewson We spun halo
Peter Cunnah Up enchanter
Rory Gallagher Hear raggy roll
The Cranberries Riches bear rent
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The Four of Us Fourth of use
The Frames After me sh!
The Pogues Huge poets
The Stunning Get thin nuns
Sean O Riada Air a sad one
The Chieftains The chat is fine
The Dubliners I tender blush
The Furey Brothers Best three hour fry
Big Tom Got IBM
Boyzone By ozone
Daniel O Donnell Olden lad on line
Foster and Allen Old eternal fans
Joe Dolan Jo on lead
Philomena Begley Being homely plea
The Dixies I exit shed
The Royal Showband Now do beat harshly
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SPORT
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Brendan O Reilly Born I yelled ran
Fergus Slattery Fast try leg user
Liam Brady Admirably
Packie Bonnar A born NIKE cap
Ray Houghton Angry too huh
Sean Kelly Keen sally
Simon Geoghegan Game on hes going
Stephen Collins Pelt less on chin
Stephen Roche Pens etch hero
George Best So beg greet
Hurricane Higgins Hiring arch genius
Jack Charlton Coach talk, jnr
Jason Sherlock No jokers clash
John O Leary Ah loner joy
Mary Peters A merry step
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Pat Eddery Dear typed
Paul McGrath Plug at charm
Ronnie Delany Earned in only
Sonia O Sullivan Visual snail o no
Stephen Collins Pelt less on chin
The Gaelic Athletic Association Ethnic localities agitate chaos
The Irish Rugby Team Hires a mighty brute
The Irish Soccer Team Come the heart crisis
The All Ireland Football Final Halt life roll fabled national
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TRIVIA
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Boolean Algebra A bearable log? No
The Eurovision Song Contest Voici! To rough nonsense test
The Leaving Certificate Nice light creative feat
The National Debt Death-bitten loan
The National Health Service O then he avert this alliance
The National Lottery O that late try! One-nil
Waterford Glass Stars glowed far
Clonakilty Black Pudding Blink gulp dandy cocktail
The Merriman Summer School Cruel moments harm heroism
Frailty, thy name is woman It's a whim of male tyranny
The Great Famine Meant grief hate
The Sinking of the Lusitania It alien UFO she sink at night
The Titanic Ice that tin
The Beef Tribunal Eh brutal benefit
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Boyles Law A swell boy
Charles Dunlop He’ll do car puns
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TV AND RADIO
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Doctor Gay Byrne Coy body rang RTE
Gloria Hunniford Fondling our hair
Nine O'Clock News Now seen, click on!
Radio Telefis Eireann I adore a fine listener
Terry Wogan Now try rage
Eamonn Andrews As man renowned
Music for Middlebrows Sublime word from disc
Late Date Lad at tee
Today at Five A video fatty
Prayer at Bedtime I betray pet dream
Derek Davis Ever did ask
Morning Ireland Nor in mild anger
Upwardly Mobile Buy dream pillow
Black Box OK BBC lax
Weekend Sport Dense work pet
Now Youre Talking Not weary UK lingo
Nine O'Clock News Now seen, click on!
Thought for the Day Ah good hefty truth
Myles Dungan Send any glum
Eamon Dunphy He pound many
Where in the World We err hot win held
Mike Murphy Hum Im perky
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WRITERS
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Aubrey De Vere Eye a rude verb
Benedict Kiely In by elite deck
Bram Stoker Bore t..... marks
Brendan Behan Banned bar hen
Brian Moore A minor bore
Conor Cruise O Brien Icon orb or insecure
Edna O Brien Bored inane
Francis Stuart Instructs afar
Frank Delaney A need frankly
John B Keane N joke behan
John Montague Man jot enough
Mary Lavin Rival many
Molly Keane No meek ally
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Darns in cherished library
Roddy Doyle Do ode dryly
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Somerville and Ross Old realms versions
Thomas Flanagan Hangs fatal moan
Ulick O Connor Or unlock icon
Sean O Faolain So I alone a fan
Austin Clarke A certain sulk
Deirdre Purcell Clue per riddler
Dion Boucicault I club out on acid
Eugene O'Neill Ole! Glee? Ennui?
Frank O Connor Or non Cork fan
George Bernard Shaw Abhorred newer gags
George Moore Ergo more ego
James Augustine Joyce I cause game - just enjoy
John Millington Synge Join myths in long glen
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Maeve Binchy Ha! Vice by men
Maria Edgeworth I am the word rage
Oliver Goldsmith Smooth devil girl
Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde O the wily Gael's flair words can fill
Samuel Beckett Meek, subtle act
Seamus Heaney Ah! Man uses eye
Sean O'Casey Cosy Aeneas
William Butler Yeats Wait Im really subtle
Elizabeth Bowen Be below a zenith
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
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Al Pacino I an L.A. cop?
Alfred Hitchcock Or check fat child
Arnold Schwarzenegger Cheers, long-drawn gazer
Bette Davis Best TV idea
Bruce Lee Beer clue
Bruce Willis I...I blew curls
Buster Keaton A keen sort but
Carrie Fisher She fair crier
Cecil B De Mille EMC Ill be El Cid
Charlie Chaplin Arch epic in hall
Charlton Heston Shh! Cool entrant
Clark Gable Black glare
Clint Eastwood Old west action
David Niven An end vivid
Debra Winger New garb dire
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Donald Duck Odd DNA luck
Douglas Fairbanks Ask gainful broads
Dudley Moore Or melody due
Eddie Cantor Actor indeed
Gloria Swanson Alas, grin, swoon
Greta Garbo Go grab tear
Humphrey Bogart Oh! grumpy bather
Ingrid Bergman Bring dreaming
Isabella Rosellini Alias, I'll rise noble
Jessica Lange Jail scene gas
Julia Roberts I lure star job
Kato Kaelin OK a nil take
Keanu Reeves USA ever keen
Sir Laurence Olivier Sincere Ill au revoir
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Macaulay Culkin A lucky man, Lucia
Mae West Am sweet
Marilyn Monroe In lore my Norma
Marlene Dietrich The mild are nicer
Marlon Brando Alarm! Don born
Martin Scorsese Sore miscreants
Meryl Streep Merest reply
Michael Caine Ah! Nice malice
Michael Douglas Huge as calm idol
Mickey Mouse Yuck! I see mom
Nicholas Cage A slang choice
Orson Welles Swollen rose
Pamela Anderson As on dream panel
Peter Sellers Pst! Reel leers
Ralph Fiennes Replenish fan
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Rita Hayworth Oh what rarity
Robert de Niro To render brio
Robert Redford Red border fort
Roseanne Barr Ban rare snore
Rudolph Valentino Hound pliant lover
Sean Connery On any screen
Sir Alec Guinness I signal censures
Sophia Loren O no real hips!
Spencer Tracy A screen crypt
Sylvester Stallone Teens l-love sly star
The Three Stooges There goes hot set
Tom Hanks Monk's hat
Vanessa Redgrave And grave as verse
Vivien Leigh Hi Living Eve
Woody Allen A NY Lode Owl
Tweety Bird Witty breed
Yogi Bear Boy, I rage!
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ART AND ARCHITECTURE
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Andy Warhol A randy howl
David Hockney Envy ad hoc kid
Bridget Riley Yet I bred girl
Louis I Kahn Halo is in UK
John Portman No JR phantom
Philip Pearlstein The pillar in pipes
Duane Duanson And USA undone
Robert Smithson Sermon bit short
Le Corbusier Is cruel bore
Victor Vasarely Vary so vertical
James Rosenquist Im no jest squares
Claes Oldenburg Boulders glance
Post Modernism Term: mood spins
Roy Lichtenstein I sent the lyric on
Mies van der Rohe Heavens Im order
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BOOKS AND PLAYS
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A Farewell to Arms A war falls remote
Book of Household Management Loathsome food bug keen on ham
Call of the Wild Had cow, felt ill
Catcher in the Rye NY architect here
Death of A Salesman Not a false shame, Da
Desire Under the Elms Rue reddish elements
For Whom The Bell Tolls Oh hell! Felt storm blow
Moby Dick I'm by dock!
Naked Lunch Canned hulk
Night of the Hunter Thou frighten then
Of Mice and Men Mind of menace
The Bridges of Madison County Hid fond guest boy Its romance
The Quiet American Am antique heretic
The Scarlet Letter Let's elect her tart
The Seagull Hell! A guest
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The World Book Work to behold
Turn of the Screw Forces new truth
War of the Worlds Wart hordes flow
Holden Caulfield Oh led dull fiance
Philip Marlowe Will I hamper op?
Rip Van Winkle Win vile prank
Snow White Whose twin?
Tom Sawyer Woe, smarty!
Three Blind Mice Bite 'em children
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HOLLYWOOD
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A Night at the Opera Hear that inapt ego
A Star is Born So brain arts
A Streetcar Named Desire Ascertained tree's dream
All About Eve A voluble eat
Basic Instinct Sin-bin tactics
Beau Geste See - but age!
Billy Wilder Well idly rib
Casablanca A cabal scan
Chimes at Midnight I'm hiding, cast them
Citizen Kane Nazi necktie
Crimes of Passion So I face prison Ms
Dances with Wolves Now view chest, lads
Days of Wine and Roses SOS! Adored fine yawns
Death on the Nile Heed no late hint
Dirty Harry Try dry hair
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Dr Strangelove Long traversed
Duck Soup Dusk coup
East of Eden To send a fee
Easy Rider Dire years
Fatal Attraction I rant - a total fact
Forrest Gump Gofer trumps
Fort Apache Father a cop
Gone With The Wind Hint the wide gown
High Society Gosh, I itch ye
Horse Feathers Soft here; share
Interview with the Vampire Raw teeth thrive I vein wimp
Kevin Costner Never in stock
Lassie Come Home I chase some mole
Look Who's Coming to Dinner Oh, now I'm OK! Girl do consent
Maureen O Hara Or a humane era
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Modern Times Remote minds
Mrs Doubtfire Form dire bust
Natural Born Killers Or learn brutal links
Oliver Stone Or vile notes
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lecherous cow, soften event. OK?
Pale Rider Real pride
Raging Bull I'll grab gun
Raiders of the Lost Ark Of terrestrial dash. OK
Rear Window Warn: weirdo!
Rebel Without A Cause I cue the absolute war
Rio Grande Dire groan
Robin Hood and His Merry Men Hind hero in Rambo syndrome
Rosemary's Baby A brassy embryo
Silence of the Lambs Combines flesh tale
Sunset Boulevard Slave's burned out
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Sweet Bird of Youth Wife doubts theory
Terms of Endearment Met for tender names
The Accidental Tourist Tutor, is it chance dealt?
The Addams Family My! Hated a sad film
The African Queen Enhance far quiet
The Age of Innocence Not nice of each gene
The Big Sleep Bit sheep leg
The Birdman of Alcatraz Drat! Fat bronchial maze
The Bride of Frankenstein Fine ,OK, friend enters bath
The Count of Monte Cristo To theme of construction
The Curse of Frankenstein Fine chefs resonate trunk
The Deer Hunter Three endureth
The Godfather Get daft h-hero
The Lion King Elton hiking?
The Maltese Falcon Soft lethal menace
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The Nun's Story Honesty turns
The Odd Couple Duo lech depot
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Affect time, white storyteller
The Seven Year Itch Shh! Teeny reactive
The Shining Heights inn
The Sound of Music End of mucous hits
The Sting Gets hint
The Towering Inferno Thrown to fire engine
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Fearsome rat heard eerie truths
The Valley of the Dolls Oh Hell! Daft love style
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Oh Wow! Dazzle off intruder
Universal Pictures Elvis turns up. Care I?
Waterworld Lord wet war
Howard Hawks Shh a dark wow
Frank Capra Carpark fan
George Cukor Urge cork ego
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HAUTE COUTURE
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Amber Valetta Am travel beat
Anna Wintour In a worn aunt
Bridgid Hall Bald girl hid
Bruce Oldfield Fibre colluded
Carli Bruni I curl in bra
Christie Brinkley Nicely kit her ribs
Christy Turlington Rich turn to styling
Cindy Crawford Crowd find racy
Elaine Irwin I wear in line
Estelle Halliday Hell! I lead a style
Calvin Klein Veil can link
Lauren Hutton Thou lean turn
Linda Evangelista Is an ideal TV angel
Michael Kors I'm real shock
Stephanie Seymour Is not supreme. Yeah?
Veronica Webb Nice brave bow
75
HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTS
76
Al Capone A pale con
Charles A Lindbergh Crashing bell heard
Christopher Columbus Spoilt much brochures
Daniel Boone Abode on-line?
General Noriega Large inane ogre
George S Patton A strong ego, pet?
Howard Hughes He'd wash rough
Imelda Marcos I dream so calm
J Edgar Hoover Oh! DJ ego raver
John Dillinger Hell join grind
Legs Diamond Sold gem in ad
Neil Armstrong No star gremlin
Samuel Goldwyn Sully new dogma
The Bill of Rights Oh! Sell birth gift
The Boston Tea Party Hey! Protestant boat
77
The Pilgrim Fathers Met rash pier flight
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre A sensitive Al sent many hate cards
The Second World War What clowns ordered?
The Vietnam War I'm what veteran?
The Wall Street Crash Wealth-lech rats rest
Walt Disney I sadly went
Lee Harvey Oswald Reveal who slayed
Jack Ruby Jury back
Paul Revere Pure leaver
William Penn Win mile plan
The Louisiana Purchase Sure cheap IOU hint alas
The Civil War Raw live itch
78
LANDMARKS AND TREASURES
79
Beverly Hills Revils by hell
Disney World Oddly new, sir
Golden Gate Bridge God! Tangible greed
San Andreas Fault Darn! Unsafe atlas
The Empire State Building Ed, I see ape turn tight limb
The Nudist Colony No untidy clothes
The Pacific Ocean Fine chaotic cape
The United Nations Isn't it hate undone?
Sears Tower Waters rose
Wall Street Law letters
The Grand Canyon Done angry chant
The Great Lakes Earth gets leak
The Rockies Strike echo
The World Trade Centre Red tent record wealth
Grand Central Station Golden trains cant rat
Union Station Is not an in out
80
MEDIA AND PERSONALITIES
81
Information Superhighway New Utopia horrifying sham
New York Times Tiny, meek rows
Readers Digest Registers dead
The Associated Press Editor has set spaces
The Chicago Tribune Caught nice hero bit
The New Yorker Hey! Knew to err?
Time Magazine I met in gaze, Ma
Vogue Magazine Gaze, go via menu
Wall St Journal Roll a just lawn
War Correspondents So CNN reports war, ed?
The Internet Rent teen hit
The Washington Post Ah spotting hot news
The Los Angeles Times Shall see Ito segment
Playboy Magazine Bam oily zany page
Bill Gates Legal bits
82
Donald Trump Dump land? Rot
Robert Shapiro Rare posh orbit
Santa Claus A class aunt
Ted Turner True trend
Colin Powell Low poll nice
Michael Eisner Hi E-Mail screen
Judge Lance Ito And let go juice
Oliver North TV hero or nil?
Ross Perot SS trooper
Senator Bob Dole Leader boobs not
Senator Phil Gramm Lingo traps harm me
Speaker Newt Gingrich New Right keeps caring
Pete Wilson I wont sleep
Bob Packwood OK bad bow cop
Senator Ted Kennedy And tender keynotes
Senator Bill Bradley Ballot brainy elders
83
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
84
Barry Manilow Now am library
Bob Dylan Bland boy
Bruce Springsteen NB: super singer, etc
Cyndi Lauper Up randy lice
Count Basie Obtains cue
Dolly Parton No portly lad!
Duke Ellington Liked long tune
Elmore Leonard Or a elder lemon
Elvis Presley Sly peer lives
Fats Domino Man, it's food!
Fats Waller Flew astral
Jimi Hendrix Him dire jinx
Madonna Louise Ciccone Conclusion: media ocean
Michael Jackson A joke chin calms
Muddy Waters My warts dude
85
Nat King Cole Lacking tone
Simon and Garfunkel Lend famous ranking
Stevie Wonder See, wired on TV
The Everly Brothers Herever throb style
Tina Turner In true rant
Whitney Houston Why shout in tone?
Aaron Copeland Ran a pool dance
Gerry Garcia I raggy racer
86
PROVERBS
87
A good name is better than great riches Ah! Do not err,Abe; right acts gain esteem
A stitch in time saves nine This is meant as incentive
Abandon hope all ye who enter here Hear no hope, Dante, beware yon hell
Absence makes the heart grow fonder For Homer, he wants dearest Gene back
Actions speak louder than words Our pair's talk cannot show deeds
Crime does not pay Damper on society?
Every good boy deserves favour Or so vague everybodys overfed
Frailty, thy name is woman It's a whim of male tyranny
Rome was not built in a day Any labour I do wants time
The wages of sin is death Ha! Woe's sting his defeat?
True love never runs smooth The storm over; rule on, Venus!
88
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
89
Adam Smith Admit sham!
Albert Einstein Ten elite brains
Alexander Graham Bell Hell relax damn ear gab
Computer Virus I've corrupt sum
George Berkeley Beer OK Grey glee
Milton Friedman Inflate minor DM
Optical Fibres Cable is profit
Oscillating Universe Theory Revolution light-years since
Out-of-body-experience I execute beyond proof
Samuel Morse Some real sum
Shoemaker-Levy Comet Ahem! Seemly vector OK
Sick Building Syndrome Kindly considers I'm bug!
The Morse Code Here come dots
The Ozone Layer Ya! Zero hole net
The Solar System Stars homely set
90
Thomas Paine He is a top man
Unidentified Flying Objects Nice bluffing yet disjointed
Charles Goodyear Hero's road legacy
Samuel Colt So male cult
Thomas Edison Do those mains
Big Bang Theory On by bright age
Electromagnetic Induction I'm not elucidating concrete
Man on the Moon No! No! Amn't home
91
SPORT
92
Andre Agassi Diana's rages
Arnold Palmer Led normal par
Ben Crenshaw Chews banner
Carl Lewis We call sir
Muhammad Ali Had maim-maul
Riddick Bowe Crew bid I'd KO
Sugar Ray Robinson Sour, brainy organs
The Olympic Games Some mighty place
93
TRIVIA
94
A Dawn Raid In a war, Dad?
A Sentence of Death Faces one at the end
A Strip Tease Sparse attire
Answering Machines Remain chasing news
Branch Davidian Sect Varnish bad accident
Circumstantial Evidence Can ruin a selected victim
Gross National Product So don a grin, plutocrats
Herculean Task Eat real chunks
Hippocratic Oath I approach to itch
Homo Sapiens Oops! Is he man?
Microsoft Windows Its crown of wisdom
Mobile Phones So bleep on him
Nitric Acid And I citric
Oedipus Complex P.S. Expel co-odium
Old Man Winter Warm, indolent
95
Old Wive's Tale Do as views tell
Pie Chart Heart pic
Political Correctness Total circle in process
Price Earnings Ratio No gains per criteria
Register of Shipping Perspire of sighting
Separation of Powers Await response proof
Singapore Sling Orange lips sign
The Abominable Snowman Anathema blob. I'm on news!
The Bronze Age Began the Zero
The Cold War World cheat
Marie Celeste Relic, tease me!
The Milky Way Im thy key law
The National Debt Death-bitten loan
The O J Simpson Trial His jail term on stop
The Public Enemy Number One Hey! One pre-eminent club bum
96
The Red Cross Doc rests her
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Hitler half denied this race forth
The Shanghai Express Aghast Sphinxes here
The Starship Enterprise Eh! This represents a trip?
The Typewriter Write pretty, eh?
Winter of Discontent Friction tensed town
Heavens Gate The even saga
Bermuda Triangle I'm a great blunder
The Sinking of the Lusitania It alien UFO she sink at night
Watergate A great wet
97
TELEVISION
98
Beavis and Butt-Head Uh! I ban TV deadbeats
Home Improvement More hip movement
Oprah Winfrey Own fair hyper
Sesame Street See stars meet
The Academy Awards Chat was ready made
The Muppet Show Who pumps teeth
The Virginian Virgin he ain't!
True Stories O its Reuters
The Cosby Show Boy chews host
Golden Girls Ginger dolls
Knots Landing Long ink stand
The Tonight Show Now hottest high
Sonic the Hedgehog Seen good high tech
Quantum Leap Peanut qualm
Jay Leno Lean joy
Get Smart Gem start
99
THE PRESIDENCY
100
Calvin Coolidge Ill? Good vaccine!
Chester Arthur Truth searcher
Dwight D Eisenhower Weigh worth in deeds
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sell redone Nirvana to folk
Franklin Pierce Fine prank, relic!
George Washington Now goes gathering
Grover Cleveland Govern, clever lad
Harry S Truman Hurry, star man
Herbert Hoover Or he ever throb
James A Garfield Jeers amid a flag
James Munroe Sore jean, mum
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Zany night-joker fled den
John Tyler Only the Jr
Lyndon Baines Johnson Joins blond, annoys hen
Martin Van Buren Run vibrant name
101
President Bill Clinton Pretend it's lib, Lincoln
Richard Milhous Nixon No I shun horrid climax
Ronald Wilson Reagan Am insane Anglo warlord
Rutherford B Hayes Hurray to fresh bed
Thomas Jefferson He's sent Major off
Ulysses S Grant Guns lay stress
William Howard Taft I'm what? Fat! I'll do war!
Vice President Al Gore Second-rate privilege
Fidel Castro Florida sect
Tuesday, Third November Many voted, Bush retired
102
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
103
Albany, New York A non-walk by Rye
Boston, Massachusetts O asset snobs must chat!
Des Moines, Iowa In so wise a mode
Detroit, Michigan Car, might it die? No!
Lone Star State No street atlas
Mc Sorleys Old Alehouse Users do seemly alcohol
Mount Rushmore Or North museum
New Jersey the Garden State Yes jeer that greenest dawn
Niagara Falls Rainfall saga
North Carolina State Ain't arson, Charlotte!
Salem, Oregon Gales no more
Salt Lake City, Utah Halt at lucky site
San Fransisco Area Canoes in cars afar
Silicon Valley Close villainy
Southern California Our car safe in Hilton
104
State of Arizona Taoist zone
State of Maine Fates! I am to N.E.
State of Maryland Am fat storey-land
The Rocky Mountains I'm the Yank contours
The Sears Tower We are shortest!
The Star Spangled Banner Handlers began patterns
The Statue of Liberty Soft-lit beauty there
The Waldorf Dwarf hotel
The Washington Monument Oh, what stunning memento!
The White House Oh! Uh! Eh? It's twee
The Wild West We Whites Ltd.
United States of America I came for a sun-taste diet
Valley Forge Go every Fall
Wells Fargo Large flows
Yellowstone National Park Soon little known play area?
105
WRITERS
106
Damon Runyon Our mod nanny
David Mamet I made mad TV
Dorothy Parker Hard-top Yorker
Edward Albee We're bad lead
Ernest Hemingway Write, gene-shy man
Eugene O'Neill Ole! Glee? Ennui?
Ezra Pound Azure pond
Gore Vidal Regal void
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Won half the New World's Glory
J D Salinger Snarled jig
James Thurber Rum jabs there
Normal Mailer I'm real normal
P J O'Rourke Pour, joker
Virginia Woolf Living for Iowa?
107
William Styron In sly moral wit
Patricia D Cornwell Drat clinical power
Edgar Allen Poe Leaden gore pal
108

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JOHN O'BYRNE & JERRY RING

A BOOK OF IRISH AND AMERICAN ANAGRAMS

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We offer multifarious thanks to The Anagram Advisory Council:

John Edward O'Byrne

Karen & Erika Ring

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

John O'Byrne is a Dubliner who specialises in writing word games, parodies

Jerry Ring-based award-winning short story writer who has also

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another

The scrambling of letters is a fascinating game of world play. Hidden within

Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ............................................................................................ 8

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ............................................................................................ 56

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES

Colm Meaney Comely name

Cyril Cusack I cluck scary

Edmond O Brien End in boredom

Gene Kelly Keenly leg

Milo O Shea Some halo I

Stephen Rea Serene path

Barry Fitzgerald Brag lazy drifter

Brenda Fricker Finer rack bred

Aidan Quinn A UN IQ in DNA

Alison Doody So no idol day

Andrew Strong Grand new sort

Angeline Ball Being all elan

Anita Reeves See Ive an art

Arthur Shiels The rural hiss

Charlie Byrne Be richly near

Charlie Roberts I short cerebral

Daniel Day-Lewis I wild-eyed nasal

Danny La Rue An underlay

Dave Allen Leave land

Dermot Morgan Mr. Dormant Ego

Donal Farmer Ran from lead

Gabriel Byrne Grin by a rebel

Geraldine Plunkett Deep lurking talent

Jimmy O Dea Im joy dame

Joe Pilkington Polite n joking

Kenneth Branagh He then rang bank

Liam Neeson I am one lens

Mary Mc Evoy My racy move

Maureen O Hara Or a humane era

Maureen Potter Mount repartee

Maureen Toal Am true alone

Milo O Shea ie ham solo

Peter O Toole Reel poet too

Pierce Brosnan Rob screen pain

Robert Arkins Or risk banter

Rosaleen Linehan On in a serene hall

Saskia Reeves As I seek raves

Spike Milligan Like smiling, Pa?

Tom Hickey KO them icy

Ingrid Craigie I I cried raging

ART AND ARTISTS

Jack Butler Yeats Just black eye art

Jerry Ring-based award-winning short story writer who has also

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