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Ireland's newest museum showcases one of life's oldest rituals. The Irish wake dates back to ancient Celtic tradition and over time has become folklore. Now, in Waterford, the oldest urban domestic building in Ireland home to the island’s newest museum which traces the customs, traditions, and superstitions associated with death from the earliest times to the twentieth … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Newest Museum

JFK Terminal 7 will be the new home to Aer Lingus On Thursday, April 27, 2023, Aer Lingus will be making the move to Terminal 7 at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. To make your journey easier, the Aer Lingus Lounge is also relocating to Terminal 7. Just five minutes from the boarding gates, Business Class customers and Aer Club card holders can relax here before their … [Read more...] about Aer Lingus has a New Home at JFK

by Niall O'Dowd from Irish America's Premiere Issue in 1985 Editor's Introduction: The MacBride Principles aimed to secure the elimination of religious or anti-Catholic discrimination in the hiring process or employment practices of U.S. corporations with subsidiaries in Northern Ireland. The Principles would forbid the subsidiary companies from exporting their respective … [Read more...] about The MacBride Principles

A milestone event took place on Thursday evening September 29, 2022, in New York City when the African American Irish Diaspora, an organization whose mission is to foster relations between African Americans and Ireland based on shared heritage and culture, held its Inaugural Diaspora Leadership Awards Gala. In addition to a stellar line-up of honorees, the event featured … [Read more...] about African American Irish Diaspora Network Celebrates Inaugural Diaspora Leadership Awards at NYC Gala  

West Cork Commemorates the Centennial Anniversary of Michael Collins' Death Over 5,000 people are anticipated to meet in the small West-Cork village of Béal na mBláth on August 22, 2022, to mark the 100th anniversary of Michael Collins’ assassination.  Collins, the Commander in Chief of the newly created Irish Army and Chairman of the Provisional Government, was shot … [Read more...] about News Roundup August 20, 2022