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Malachy Browne:

May 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment

The Accidental Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist By Emer Mullins The best journalism has always been based on excellent storytelling – the objective reporting of facts best told through the story of a person with whom others can relate. As social media has become ubiquitous and infotainment replaced news, as celebrity culture and fake news have become so prevalent, … [Read more...] about Malachy Browne:

Rory Saves Another Life

May 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment

By Niall O'Dowd, Publisher My nephew Rory Staunton would have been 21-years-old this week, a strapping handsome young man no doubt well into a promising college career. Instead he lies in an Irish graveyard victim of a bungled medical emergency so bad it made the front page of The New York Times. The doctors failed to recognize the tell tale signs for sepsis a deadly … [Read more...] about Rory Saves Another Life

America We Love You

May 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment

General Martin Dempsey, who served as the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff explained, "A month ago, a group of musicians from the Army Chorus and I discussed if we could find a way to provide a bit of encouragement to our fellow citizens in these challenging times. Ambitious, but it’s amazing what you can do when you surround yourself with seven Juilliard … [Read more...] about America We Love You

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

By Christine Kinealy

May 15, 2020 by 3 Comments

The trails of death and the circles of giving. The Irish and Native American connection.  Trails of Tears and Circles of Giving “I know the cause of humanity is one the world over,” wrote fugitive slave Frederick Douglass at the beginning of 1846, at the conclusion of his “transformative” four-month stay in Ireland. At that stage, neither he, nor the people who had … [Read more...] about The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Famous Genealogist Solves Her Own Family’s Mystery

May 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Solving a long-held family history mystery leads to an enigmatic playwright By Megan Smolenyak I couldn’t understand it. My nana had an amazing memory. As a professional genealogist, I’m more aware than most that we should take our family lore with a grain of salt. Whether deliberately or accidentally, it’s distorted as it travels through the generations, but … [Read more...] about Famous Genealogist Solves Her Own Family’s Mystery

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