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By Rosemary Rogers Fall 2022

The Lady From Chicago & The Pound Note

By Rosemary Rogers

Fall 2022

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Her likeness appears on a banknote and in portraits by famous artists. Who was Lady Lavery Women rarely have their faces on currency. Except, of course, for the recently departed Queen Elizabeth II who was on the currency of Great Britain and her colonies for over 70 years and, until recently, showed no sign of retiring or expiring.  In 1928, Ireland, too, cast a woman on … [Read more...] about The Lady From Chicago & The Pound Note

“Saints” in Scrubs

By Tom Deignan

Fall 2022

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Irish nurses, in fiction and in real life, shaped nursing and healthcare in the U.S. There is a moment late in J. Courtney Sullivan’s excellent 2017 novel Saints for all Occasions when “hundreds of people showed up” to a Boston Irish American wake. Among the mourners are a trio of sisters, “Peggy, Patrica and Jane, all of them nurses…two of them wore scrubs beneath their … [Read more...] about “Saints” in Scrubs

News Roundup October 15, 2022

Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter October 15, 2022

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Is a United Ireland Likely in the Near Future? For the first time in the history of the state, Catholics outnumber the Protestant population in Northern Ireland, and that is giving supporters of Irish unification substantial hope for their cause.  The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency released the 2021 census data which revealed that Catholics, at 42.3% of … [Read more...] about News Roundup October 15, 2022

Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

By Emily Moriarty

Fall 2022

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How the parents of a young boy from Queens, New York, who died from sepsis, created a nationwide movement to address the issue. On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, twelve-year-old Rory Staunton cut his elbow on the floor of his school gymnasium diving for a basketball. The gym teacher did not clean the cut but rather applied band-aids. By Sunday, April 1, 2012, Rory died in the ICU … [Read more...] about Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

Boston’s Street Doctor

Michael Quinlin

Fall 2022

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Dr. Jim O'Connell and his Health Care for the Homeless Program In the pitch-black Boston night, the constant ache of being homeless –  of being lonely, sick, cold and hungry – frightens poor souls into quiet desperation and smoldering panic. Dr. Jim O’Connell, Boston’s street doctor, searches out men, women, and children living in the shadows, helping them fight off … [Read more...] about Boston’s Street Doctor