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IN THIS ISSUE

Trailblazers Past & Present

“The Irish in Boston, as elsewhere, have an ability to see opportunity where there was none, and if none came, to look for it, to look for opportunity.”          …

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Learning Lessons of the Tourism Trade

Derry native Eimear Doherty experienced her first U.S. Thanksgiving this past November, complete with the big parade on TV, board games with friends, and a traditional meal with all the trimmings. “I got…

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Makem & Clancy Together Again

On Tuesday April 16, 2019, Dónal Clancy and Rory Makem performed in a special concert…

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Tip O’Neill

Master of the House

Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1987….

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July 20, 1902

Jimmy Kennedy, Irish songwriter famous for songs like “The Isle of Capri,” was born in Omagh Co. Tyrone on July 20, 1902. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and trying a career in teaching and the military, Kennedy’s music career took off after joining a music publishing company. Kennedy wrote over 2,000 songs and during his time, he had more hits in the US than any other Irish or British lyricist.

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