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IN THIS ISSUE

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 Revolutionary Irish Trail With America 250 celebrations underway in 2026, Boston is creating a Revolutionary Irish Trail to chronicle Irish and Scots-Irish heroics in the American Revolution. The Boston Irish…

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Pete Hamill, consummate newspaperman in a Fedora hat and trench coat. (Photo: Kit DeFever)
Forever Hamill

Pete Hamill, not unlike Cormac, the hero of his novel Forever, lives in the Five…

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Sláinte! Music, Music, Music

Edythe Preet writes that music defines Ireland’s identity. For every country there is an iconic…

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February 21, 1964

Twin astronauts and U.S. Navy captains Mark and Scott Kelly were born on this day in 1964 to Richard and Patricia Kelly, Irish-American police officers in Orange, New Jersey. To keep the twins on equal footing, their parents refused to tell them which one was older until they were 16. Mark is older by six minutes. Scott has spent 180 days, 1 hour and 51 minutes in outer space, clocking in significant time from his term as a long-duration crew member aboard the International Space Station, while his brother has spent 54 days, 2 hours and 4 minutes. They are the first twins to have both been in outer space, though they were never in orbit at the same time. Mark is married to former Arizona Senator Gabrielle Giffords.

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