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Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead ­of Her Time

Even in recent decades, women engineers have at times felt like they’re trying to make it in an “old boy’s club.” But back in the era of Kate Gleason, a woman with engineering…

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Hibernia – Arts

Deirdre O’Connell Honored The Bronx girl who changed the face of Irish Theater By Rosemary Rogers The visionary founder and artistic director of Dublin’s Focus Theatre, Deirdre O’Connell (1939-2001), was honored with a…

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Against the Tide

Bringing salmon skins into the fashion world and proving the skeptics wrong. ℘℘℘ Among the…

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Historically accurate portrait of the Battle of Ridgeway. It was the first time the IRA insignia on the Fenian banner was used.
The Fenian Invasion of Canada

Irish veterans of the American Civil War launched attacks on Canada in an effort to…

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September 29, 1979

Pope John Paul II arrives in Dublin for the first ever papal visit to Ireland. His visit coincides with the feast of St. Michael, celebrated on September 29th. Pope John Paul II marched through Phoenix Park on this day, greeting over one million people, the largest gathering of Irish people ever. He made a speech, saying that like St. Patrick he had heard “the voice of the Irish.” The Pope also celebrated the first ever Papal mass on Irish soil.

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