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Bridgewater Associates’ Eileen Murray to Deliver Keynote at Irish America Wall Street 50

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Irish America Magazine will welcome Eileen K. Murray, Co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, as keynote speaker at the 21st Irish America Wall Street 50 Awards Dinner, taking place on Wednesday, September 26th at the New York Yacht Club. Ms. Murray has over two decades of Wall Street experience, having held senior leadership roles at Morgan Stanley … [Read more...] about Bridgewater Associates’ Eileen Murray to Deliver Keynote at Irish America Wall Street 50

The Boyne and Aughrim

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor

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How the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Aughrim changed Ireland’s religious and political infrastructure so much that we still see its effects over 330 years later.     On July 1, 1690, in Oldbridge, County Meath, the Battle of the Boyne took place between William of Orange, the recently crowned King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his Catholic father-in-law, the … [Read more...] about The Boyne and Aughrim

Cyprus Avenue’s Stroll Off-Broadway

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor

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David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue opened for its debut in North America at the Public Theater in New York City on June 25th. Starring Stephen Rea, the play is a discomfiting cross between cathartic and alienating, summoning painful notes of recognition along with a worrisome awareness that everything in this world is just slightly, tragically, off-kilter. Directed by Vicky … [Read more...] about Cyprus Avenue’s Stroll Off-Broadway

Hercules Mulligan: Tailor, Patriot, Spy

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor

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How an Irish tailor named Hercules Mulligan, and his accomplice, and his African accomplice, twice saved George Washington from capture during the Revolutionary War. Hercules Mulligan was born in Coleraine, of what was then called County Londonderry to Episcopalians Hugh and Sarah Mulligan, on September 25, 1740. Six years later, the Mulligan family immigrated to New York, … [Read more...] about Hercules Mulligan: Tailor, Patriot, Spy

The Carrowkeel Cairns

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor

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The celebration of summer solstice, when the sun rises before 5 a.m. in the northern hemisphere, marks a sacred tradition in Ireland dating back 5000 years, when the power of the sun is celebrated at the burial places of ancient gods since pre-Christian times. ℘℘℘ Ireland has a number of megalithic monuments. Well-known sites such as the passage tomb called the … [Read more...] about The Carrowkeel Cairns