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The 1930s in Ireland is often remembered as a bleak period of economic stagnation and unemployment. But, 1932, hailed by the Irish Press as a ‘new era’, was an early glimmer of the modernity that Ireland would later reach, with key events including Olympic gold medals and the rise of Jack Doyle, the Eucharistic Congress, a so-called gold rush and the election of Eamon de Valera, all hinting at Ireland’s future success. The soundtrack scoring all this change was the jazz craze, loosening the conservative moral order of the time.
