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IN THIS ISSUE

Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead ­of Her Time

Even in recent decades, women engineers have at times felt like they’re trying to make it in an “old boy’s club.” But back in the era of Kate Gleason, a woman with engineering…

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Hibernia – Arts

Deirdre O’Connell Honored The Bronx girl who changed the face of Irish Theater By Rosemary Rogers The visionary founder and artistic director of Dublin’s Focus Theatre, Deirdre O’Connell (1939-2001), was honored with a…

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In the Heat of Battle

Dubliners Alan Concannon, Tadgh Honan, Gerry Lynch Tyrone-man Noel McGillian stand dressed in Civil War…

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The First Word:
The Wealth of Our Heritage

As I write this, the end of the first year of the new millennium is…

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February 19, 1992

Joe Doherty, former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, killed Captain Herbert Westmacott, the highest ranking member of the British Army to be killed in Northern Ireland. Doherty was caught and tried in May 1981. However, he managed to escape Crumlin Road Jail just before the court convicted him with life imprisonment. Doherty managed to flee to America. In June of 1983 the FBI arrested him and a legal battle ensued. Doherty claimed he could not be extradited because killing Westmacott was a political murder. He further avoided being deported, and gained several sympathizers including 130 Congressmen. After the Supreme Court overturned his ruling, Doherty was deported on February 19, 1992. Under the “Good Friday Agreement.”

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