 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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EXHIBIT SHOWS HOW MICHELANGELO THWARTED CRIME AT ST. PETER'S.(SHOWTIME)
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Byline: CARL HARTMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON More than 400 years ago, Michelangelo successfully attacked a crime problem threatened by plans for the great basilica of St. Peter's in Rome. Now his solution is on show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, a city that has a big crime problem of its own.
The problem of the 1540s lay in corridors called ambulatories, planned for three of the basilica's sides. It was to be the largest church in Christendom and cover nearly 10 acres, equal to several city blocks in Washington.
The ...
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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The meteoric Finn.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...FINN McCool or Fionn Mac Cumhail has long been celebrated...to cross to Ireland. Finn disguisedhimself as a...his wife told him that Finn was awaybefore showing...worried at how big Finn would be. Fingal ripped...most popular story of Finns death is that he sleeps...
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Walk on the Tall side
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...throughout Scottish history - for example, Benandonner, who, according to legend, fought Irish giant, Finn MacCool (Finn mac Cumhail). "Apparently, we used to have celebrations in Scotland that were similar to the Catalonian ones," explains...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK; Darragh O'Se (Kerry).(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: BERNARD FLYNN FOR the second game in a row, I can't look beyond the Gaelthacht's 'Finn Mac Cumhail'. Seamus Moynihan and Kieran Donaghy pushed O'Se close, but he faced the biggest test - marking Cork's most influential...
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HARNESS TRIALS
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...B Negus. Qualifying pace, 2400m: Straven (3g Caprock-Biddy B B) K Barron 1, McKinlay 2, Laurral Mark 3, Finn Mac Cumhail 4. Five ran. Four qualifiers. 3/4l, 61/2l, 1/2l. Times: 3:09.2, 3:09.3, 3:10.5, 3:10...
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Medieval Irish Language and Literature: An Orientation for Arthurians
Magazine article from: Arthuriana
; ...finally, 4) the Fenian cycle, shifting in mode from epic toward romance and concerned with the adventures of Finn mac Cumhail and his band of Fenian warriors, who defended Ireland from both supernatural and foreign threats. These tales were...
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McAnulty buys top lot
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...by Clevedon trainer Gareth Dixon. Named Davy Maguire, he is also a half-brother to good West Australian winner Finn Mac Cumhail (1:56.5) and two other minor winners. He is from Soky's Sunday, a lightly-raced Soky's Atom sister to...
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Shanghaied in Coleraine; OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill
; The legendary Irish giant Fionn Mac Cumhail, today known as Finn McCool, is reputed to have come to blows with the...has it that the Giant's Causeway was another of Finn Mc Cool's great exploits -- stepping stones across...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Culture Club: Finn McCool to large it at Lyric.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ...to the detail of Fionn mac Cumhail's subterfuge when besting...there's much more to the Finn legend in the mythological...Zoe Seaton, revisits the Finn McCoul legend. Boyd re...star. In Paul's book Finn, abandoned by his mum...
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