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26 Things to Experience in Ireland in 2026 

2026 is a great time to visit Ireland. It’s a year-round destination offering unique experiences in every season. 1. Ulster American Folk Park in County Tyrone:  There is no better time to visit the…

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Dispatches from Massachusetts  

By Michael Quinlan Boston’s Revolutionary Irish Trail is Now Live With America 250 celebrations underway in 2026, Boston has a Revolutionary Irish Trail to chronicle Irish and Scots-Irish heroics in the American Revolution….

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The Ideal Christmas
Gift for Joyce Fans

How’s this for a stocking stuffer? On December 14 Christie’s New York will offer a…

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Music Roundup

Sinéad O’Connor Calls it Quits. ℘℘℘ It’s not over until the bald lady sings, and…

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April 26, 1916

On this day in 1916, Irish patriot, journalist, suffragist, and vegetarian Francis Sheehy-Skeffington was murdered by British forces. Skeffington was a supporter of the Women’s Social and Political Union which lobbied for women’s rights in Britain, and adopted his wife, Hanna’s, surname (Sheehy) as part of his own. Hanna was a teacher and the primary breadwinner, while Francis was co-editor of the Irish Citizen newspaper and Vice Chairman of the Irish Citizen Army. A pacifist, he was not in favor of the Easter Rising: while he believed in civil disobedience, he did not agree with the Irish Volunteers tactics. Despite his lack of involvement in the uprising, he was arrested without a stated reason, held as hostage by British soldiers during a botched raid, and was shot.

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