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Homage Rocco Scotellaro the friendlier of the river’sMchel Fanning's Homage salutes family, friends, and special places of Ireland (Inishfallen, The Skelligs, Nollaig i gCnoc Mellary and Gallaras), but his tributes are not merely local. They extend to the Middle and Far East, and include biblical, mythical and historical figures such as Abraham, King David, Solomon, Achilles, Odysseus, Paris, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf and Daniel O'Connell. Fanning's love of philosophy is manifest in his homage to