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MacNeice

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Mac·Neice  (mk-ns), (Frederick) Louis 1907-1963.
Irish-born British poet whose works, published in Blind Fireworks (1929) and other collections, treat social issues in a detached, often ironic manner.
MacNeice [məkˈniːs]
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(Biographies / MacNeice, Louis (1907-1963) M, Britishnational of birth: Northern Irish, WRITING: poet) Louis. 1907-63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland. His works include Autumn Journal (1939) and Solstices (1961) and a translation of Agamemnon (1936)
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Neither Laverty nor Jones was willing to comment yesterday, but the jockey's solicitor Rory MacNeice said: "The issue for Derek was that on the racecourse he was found in breach of intentionally not riding his horse on its merits.
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