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From Japan to Philly, a Global Gaelic Revival

Michael von Siegel and Naoise Ó Cairealláin don’t have much in common. Von Siegel grew up in Landsdowne, outside of Philadelphia, while Ó Cairealláin was born across the Atlantic in Belfast. Both, however,…

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Our Jack

I am of Pete Hamill’s generation. His “Our Jack” article has reminded me why I loved Jack Kennedy. I’m 100 percent Irish, I’m proud to say, or as Irish as my DNA tests…

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Americans call it soccer, everybody else calls it football, but whatever you call it, the…

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Belfast: August 6, 1997: Paul Murphy, the new Northern Ireland Secretary, with the then Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam, after a meeting with Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams.
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The political crisis in the North looks set to continue in the coming months. It…

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September 9, 546

This day marks the feast day of St. Kieran, or St. Ciaran, the Irish saint who was famous for establishing the monastery of Clonmacnois. Reportedly born in Connacht, Ireland, Kieran went on to study under St. Enda at Inishmore. Enda advised Kieran to build a monastery in the middle of Ireland, so with eight other monks, Kieran travelled to the banks of the river Shannon in Offaly, built Clonmacnois and became Abbot. Clonmacnois became known as the center of Irish learning. St. Kieran was one of the twelve apostles of Ireland. He reportedly died on this day in 546.

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