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There are instances of books which were at one time banned in Ireland subsequently not only having the ban overturned but the books in question becoming required reading on the Leaving Certificate syllabus, e.g., Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (banned in October 1951). [4] The Catholic Index was underpinned by Canon law until it was abolished in ...
The Committee on Evil Literature was a committee set up by the Irish Free State's Department of Justice in 1926 to look into censorship of printed matter.. After independence in 1922, the authorities of the Irish Free State came under increasing pressure to ban materials considered obscene or liable to corrupt public morals.
On 18 May 2006 Lee Dunne's novel Paddy Maguire is Dead, a semi-autobiographical novel about a writer's descent into alcoholism, was released in Ireland after being banned for thirty-four years. The book was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1972, but was banned in Ireland on its release because it was thought to be indecent and obscene.
Banned in the Irish Free State for advocating sex education for adolescents. [166] The Bulpington of Blup: H. G. Wells: 1932 Novel Banned in the Irish Free State. [167] Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: 1932 Novel Banned in Ireland in 1932, allegedly because of references of sexual promiscuity. [165] The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind: H ...
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The Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cheesecake was invented by baker Paula Nance. Nance worked with Sweet Caroline’s manager Steven Brousseau at the now shuttered Grumpy Brothers.
4. Cosmic Brownies. Everything went rapidly downhill starting with Cosmic Brownies. Brownie bits in ice cream is practically my love language, but this rendition made me want to file a formal ...
Until the late 1980s a large number of (mainly foreign) newspaper and magazines were banned in Ireland including Playboy [5] and the News of the World. [6] Playboy's ban was lifted in 1995, [7] while on the other hand the British edition of the News of the World was still, theoretically, banned when it ceased publication in 2011. [8]