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Paudge Rodger Behan ( / pd rdr bin / PAWJ ROJ - r - BEE - n ; born January 1965 ) is an Irish actor and ___MASK95___ . The son of IRA ___MASK14___ Cathal Goulding and Beatrice ffrench - Salkeld , the widow of ___MASK27___ Brendan Behan , Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist for a Dublin newspaper before turning to acting . After a series of minor film and ___MASK60___ roles in the 1990s , he was handpicked by English ___MASK13___ Barbara Taylor Bradford to appear as the male lead in a 1999 dramatisation of her book A Secret Affair ( 1996 ) . Behan has also appeared in the feature films A Man of No Importance ( 1994 ) , Conspiracy of Silence ( 2003 ) and Veronica Guerin ( 2003 ) , and has taken leading roles in two short films , A Lonely Sky ( 2006 ) and Wake Up ( 2007 ) . He has also auditioned unsuccessfully for Neighbours and popular UK black comedy , Doctors . Cathal Goulding ( 2 January 1923  26 December 1998 ) was ___MASK14___ of the Irish Republican ___MASK38___ and the Official IRA . A bestseller is a ___MASK58___ that is included on a list of top - selling or frequently - borrowed titles , normally based on publishing industry and ___MASK58___ trade figures and library circulation statistics ; such lists may be published by newspapers , magazines , or ___MASK58___ store chains . Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties ( number one best selling new novel , nonfiction ___MASK58___ , cookbook , etc .). An ___MASK90___ may also be referred to as a bestseller if their work often appears in this category . Well - known bestseller lists in the U . S . are published by " Publishers Weekly ", " USA Today ", " New York Times " and the " Washington Post ". Most of these lists track ___MASK58___ sales from national and independent bookstores , as well as sales from major internet retailers such as Amazon . com and Barnes & Noble . A Woman of Substance is a novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford , published in 1979 . The novel is the first of a seven - ___MASK58___ saga about the fortunes of a retail empire and the machinations of the business elite across three generations . The series , featuring Emma Harte and her family also includes " Hold The Dream ", " To Be The Best ", " Emma ' s Secret ", " Unexpected Blessings ", " Just Rewards " and " Breaking the Rules ". " A Woman of Substance " was adapted as " an eponymous ___MASK60___ miniseries " as were the sequels " Hold The Dream " and " To Be The Best ". The Irish Republican ___MASK38___ ( IRA ) is any of several armed movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic . It was also characterised by the belief that political violence was necessary to achieve that goal . Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland . Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland ' s east coast , at the mouth of the River Liffey . The city has an urban area population of 1 , 345 , 402 . The population of the Greater Dublin Area , , was 1 , 904 , 806 people . Amnesty ( from the Greek  " amnestia ", " forgetfulness , passing over ") is defined as : "" A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons , usually for a political offense ; the act of a ___MASK89___ power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted ."" It includes more than pardon , inasmuch as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense . Amnesty is more and more used to express " freedom " and the time when prisoners can go free . Brendan Francis Aidan Behan ( christened Francis Behan ) ( 9 February 1923  20 March 1964 ) was an Irish Republican , ___MASK56___ , short story writer , novelist , and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish . He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time . He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army . Born in Dublin into a staunchly republican family , he became a member of the IRA ' s youth organisation Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen . However , there was also a strong emphasis on Irish history and culture in the home , which meant he was steeped in literature and patriotic ballads from an early age . Behan eventually joined the IRA at sixteen , which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and he was also imprisoned in Ireland . During this time , he took it upon himself to study and he became a fluent speaker of the Irish language . Subsequently released from prison as part of a general amnesty given by the Fianna Fáil government in 1946 , Behan moved between homes in Dublin , Kerry and Connemara , and also resided in Paris for a time . Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE , ( born 10 May 1933 ) is a best - selling British - American ___MASK13___ . Her debut novel , " A Woman of Substance ", was published in 1979 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide . It ranks as one of the top - ten bestselling novels of all - time . To date , she has written 29 novels  all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic . The Greater Dublin Area ( GDA ) ( Irish : " Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath "), or simply Greater Dublin is the city of Dublin and its hinterland , with varying definitions as to its extent . The National Transport Authority has defined the Greater Dublin Area as including the counties of Dublin ( Dublin City , South Dublin , Dún Laoghaire  Rathdown and Fingal ), Meath , Kildare , and Wicklow . However , this area does not comprise a formal political unit . The term can also apply more narrowly to the Dublin urban area and nearby suburban towns . The ___MASK11___ area is sometimes referred to colloquially as The Pale . Irish , also referred to as Gaelic or Irish Gaelic , is a Goidelic language of the Indo - European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people . Irish is spoken as a first language by a small minority of Irish people , and as a second language by a rather larger group of non - native speakers . Irish enjoys constitutional status as the national and first ___MASK48___ language of the Republic of Ireland , and is an officially recognised minority language in Northern Ireland . It is also among the ___MASK48___ languages of the European Union . The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland . A borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the ___MASK57___ and the Commonwealth . In India , it is known as a borstal school . The River Liffey ( Irish : " An Life ") is a river in Ireland , which flows through the centre of Dublin . Its ___MASK2___ tributaries include the River Dodder , the River Poddle and the River Camac . The river supplies much of Dublin ' s water and a range of recreational opportunities .