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Events in the year 1975 in Ireland.
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- ↑ Ní Chuilleanáin, Eiléan (30 September 2010). "Cyphers 70 launched at Ranelagh Arts Festival". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011.
In 1975 the four editors, Leland Bardwell, Pearse Hutchinson, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Macdara Woods, produced the first number. When we started up, The Dublin Magazine had closed and The Lace Curtain's penultimate issue had appeared. We wanted to be as regular as the first and as open to the wide world as the second.
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- Checklist of New Writers Press publications including full contributor listings for The Lace Curtain
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