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Hibernia – Sports

Irish Punters in American Football Daniel Whelan It’s shaping up to be a very exciting year for a group of Irish-born athletes in the U.S. In Wisconsin, Wicklow native…

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The New York Irish Celebrate

Out & About with photographer James Higgins A host of Irish events took place in New York City in October and November, and photographer James Higgins was there to capture the highlights. THE…

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IRISH AMERICA ARCHIVES

The cast of Riverdance, the money-making Irish dance show.
River Films

Successful Riverdance team takes on Hollywood. ℘℘℘ Moya Doherty and John McColgan, the couple who…

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Ladies of Mercy

On July 18, 2001, Dorothy Marie and Gwen Hennessey of the Sisters of St. Francis…

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April 22, 1834

On this day in 1834, Daniel O’Connell, the Irish political leader often referred to as “The Liberator” or “The Emancipator,” sparked a debate in the British House of Commons by calling for a repeal to the 1801 Act of Union. During a five-hour speech, O’Connell questioned the 2/17 tax that Britain had levied on Ireland, calling it a “fraction purposely introduced in order that Ireland might be robbed with greater facility.” Previously, O’Connell had successfully campaigned for the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament. A critic of violent insurrection and a staunch abolitionist, he would serve as an inspiration to Frederick Douglass, and later to Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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