Galway Advertiser 1999/1999_07_08/GA_08071999_E1_014.pdf 

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In the July issue of m a g p i e Gabriel Byrne is guest of honour at this year's Galway Film Fleadh and is giving a public interview in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday July 11. To read more, pick up a copy this month's issue of m a g p i e in the shops now.

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photographs and signed autographs for what seemed like hours. He was presented with more t-shirts, mugs, keyrings and pens than any one man should have to face in a lifetime and finally, managing to escape, waved his goodbyes and headed off out the door in the direction of the city.

There was a huddle inside. Surely he wasn't going to walk to Galway? It looked like he was. Someone went running after him and offered a lift. But no, he was happier walking. Gawd. Even Aidan Quinn took a taxi when he was in Galway last year....

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flustered wildly around him in the foyer of the radio station, producing cameras as if by magic, as he posed contentedly for