{"id":9566,"date":"2015-03-17T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=9566"},"modified":"2015-03-28T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T11:13:53","slug":"our-favourite-irish-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/03\/our-favourite-irish-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favourite Irish Acts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen <a href=\"http:\/\/joom.ag\/rBHb\" target=\"_blank\">Essentially Pop Magazine<\/a> yet?\u00a0 At the moment it&#8217;s only viewable on desk and laptop computers, so as a special treat, we&#8217;ve decided to give you a glimpse of what goes on in there!\u00a0 The March edition is the Irish Issue, in honour of St Patrick&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 We reproduce it in full here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Our-favourite-Irish-Acts.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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