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IN THIS ISSUE

‘From that Small Island’ 

Wins Outstanding International Documentary Award at Newport Beach Film Festival An Irish documentary, From that Small Island: The Story of the Irish, won a  major prestigious award at the Newport Beach International Film Festival,…

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Lydia Barrington Darragh: Irish Pacifist, American Patriot

It is understandable that the mention of wartime heroism tends to evoke images of combat valor. But there are other ways that people can contribute heavily to the wartime cause without taking a…

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News: Kilkenny Rose Wins in Tralee

Kilkenny Rose Orla O’Shea emerged as winner of the 46th International Rose of Tralee Festival….

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Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar, and Neil Martin at “In New Light; An Occasion To Mark What Would Have Been Seamus Heaney’s 80th Birthday.”
Seamus Heaney’s 80th Birthday Celebration

World-renowned artists gathered in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, on Saturday, April 13, for “In New Light:…

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April 8, 1886

The first Home Rule Bill was introduced in British Parliament on this day in 1886. The Irish Parliamentary Party and Irish advocates such as Charles Stewart Parnell had been campaigning for Irish home rule since the 1870s. The bill, which proposed the formation of a devolved governing body for Ireland, was introduced to Parliament by the liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. After two months of debate and discussion, the bill was defeated, 341 – 311. It would be the first of four proposed Home Rule Bills, the last of which was finally passed in 1920.

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