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Irish Morning – Cong Ireland (by todaniell)
Liam Neeson lands hometown honour | Hollywood.com
Liam Neeson lands hometown honour | Hollywood.com
The Hollywood actor, who hails from Ballymena, Country Antrim, has been chosen to receive the town’s highest civic honour by members of Ballymena Borough Council.
The traditional honour, which gives privileges including the right to herd sheep through the centre of Ballymena, will be bestowed on Neeson at a ceremony in the town next year (13).
The actor revealed he is “honoured” and “delighted” with the award, adding in a message to the council, “Enormous strides have been made in my native Northern Ireland in the past decade, demonstrated by political, social and economic changes that came about through a combination of courage, generosity and persistence.”
Ballymena Mayor PJ McAvoy adds, “I am absolutely delighted that my colleagues have unanimously agreed to offer what is a very significant honour to Liam Neeson.”
Aside from its beauty, for me, the most astonishing thing about this library was its lack of climate control. Here there were 200,000 books—really old and, I presume, varying degrees of really precious—books. And they just opened the windows and let the lovely moist breezes blow in. In a way, it made me feel as thought I’d stepped back in time. It was all so natural. But the books! How will they survive it?
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