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    Great-Grandmother Ellen Lyons – as a older woman and as a young immigrant c. 1845.

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    On June 9, join Irish Repertory Theatre as it honors the legacy of one of Ireland’s greatest singer-songwriters, Van Morrison, with this one-night-only tribute.
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    Colum McCann and Diane Foley, the authors of "American Mother."
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IN THIS ISSUE

Annie Moore’s Long Lost Irish Cousins

Megan Smolenyak writes about a decade-long search that finally turned up the Irish cousins of Annie Moore of Ellis Island fame. Thanks to improved access to a variety of resources, Irish genealogy is…

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Winterval in Waterford: European City of Christmas

Waterford, once called the hidden gem of Ireland, is now a tourist destination known for its extravagant festivities. Its annual harvest festival in September attracted upwards of 40,000 visitors. The Samhain festival in…

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The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: G. Dalton – P. Dolan

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May 13, 1842

The composer Arthur Sullivan was born in London to an Irish Italian mother, Mary Coughan and Irish-born father, Thomas Sullivan. Sullivan composed his first anthem at age 8. At age 14, he was awarded a scholarship to the London Academy of Music. Sullivan began a collaboration with W.S. Gilbert to create the comic opera “Thespis.” He would work with Giblert on fourteen light operas in all, including The Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado. Sullivan’s “Irish Symphony” was first performed in March 1866. He wrote it on holiday in Ireland: “As I was jolting home through wind and rain… in an open jaunting-car, the whole first movement of a symphony came into my head with a real Irish flavor about it – besides scraps of the other movements.”

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