Champion wheelchair racer Amanda McGrory tells Molly Ferns about her record-setting year and her plans for the 2012 London Paralympics. Few people begin a career at five years old. But Amanda McGrory, 25, the women’s winner of the wheelchair circuit in the New York City Marathon, can make that very claim. “I was five. I knew nothing, so my dad told me to go to the finish line … [Read more...] about Pushing Through to Victory Amanda McGrory
Olympic Torch to Pass Through Northern Ireland
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) has confirmed that over 60 towns and villages in Northern Ireland will be included on the route for torchbearers carrying the 2012 Olympic flame. The flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, in May, and will then be flown by way of British Airways to the UK. The torch is scheduled to arrive in Belfast on … [Read more...] about Olympic Torch to Pass Through Northern Ireland
Providence Gives Regards to Cohan
George M. Cohan will always be remembered on Broadway. A statue of the late composer and performer, who penned such influential songs as “Over There,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” stands proudly in Times Square, saluting all those who pass by. But long before Cohan was a star of the stage and screen, he was a son of Providence, RI. Cohan was born there … [Read more...] about Providence Gives Regards to Cohan
Titanic Staircase Makes a Grand Entrance
As construction of the impressive and modern Titanic Belfast building speeds ahead, the past mingled nicely with the future on November 12 when a nearly exact replica of the grand staircase that sank with the doomed ocean liner was installed in the building’s Titanic Suite, which is set to become a 1,000-seat banqueting hall. The original grand staircase, built with the rest … [Read more...] about Titanic Staircase Makes a Grand Entrance
Conlisk Scholarship Brings Irish Business Students to U.S.
During a time of economic hardship for Ireland, Brian Kelly, a Dublin-born 22-year-old and a graduate of University of Limerick, has been given the opportunity to further his finance studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. The Rev. John M. Conlisk Irish Scholarship has been awarded each year for the past 20 years to an MBA or MS in finance candidate from Ireland. … [Read more...] about Conlisk Scholarship Brings Irish Business Students to U.S.