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Wednesday 4 August

Happy birthday to Jackie Oates (44 today)

Born on this day: Moya Brennan (1952)

Thursday 5 August

Happy birthday to Joe Boyd (85 today) and Paddy Glackin (73 today)

Born on this day: James Scott Skinner (1843)

Friday 6 August

Monday 9 August

Born on this day: Lucy Broadwood (1858)

Tuesday 10 August

Born on this day: Jim Halcrow (1934)