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O’Riordan Michael

Michael O’Riordan Michael O’Riordan was born in Pope’s Quay, Cork, in November 1917. His parents had moved from Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh to the city, where his father worked as a tram driver. He attended […]

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Tippett Michael

Michael Tippett Famous composer, Sir Michael Tippett’s very short, and largely unknown, period of Communist Party membership was prompted by a hitch-hiking holiday through the depressed north of England during the 1930s.   However, his […]

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Shapiro Michael

Michael Shapiro Michael Shapiro was born in East London and won a scholarship, which enabled him to take a B.Sc. (Econ) degree at London University. Shapiro joined the Communist Party in 1934, and was a […]

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Stephen Michael

Michael Stephen Michael Stephen was born in Aberdeen on November 26th 1949. His early archaeological interests took him to work at the British Museum and then to Southampton for his first degree. In the early […]