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New $20 Million Transatlantic Research Collaboration to Deliver High-Value Jobs and Economic Growth Across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the U.S.

By Irish America Staff

IA Newsletter, September 9 2026

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, First Minister Michelle O’Neill, and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly MLA have pledged support to a $20 million investment in a new U.S.-Ireland Research Translation and Commercialisation Initiative. The U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership’s new initiative is a trilateral project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for … [Read more...] about New $20 Million Transatlantic Research Collaboration to Deliver High-Value Jobs and Economic Growth Across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the U.S.

Irish American Partnership Launches Digital Skills Education Program to Support the Work of U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Joseph Kennedy

By Irish America Staff

IA Newsletter, September 12 2026

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The Irish American Partnership has developed and invested $100,000 in SparkStart Digital, in partnership with Fastrack Into IT (FIT), continuing to support the work of United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, Joseph P. Kennedy III. SparkStart Digital was designed in honor of Special Envoy Kennedy to further support the economic development work he … [Read more...] about Irish American Partnership Launches Digital Skills Education Program to Support the Work of U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Joseph Kennedy

Hibernia | The Irish Father of the American Band

By Michael J. Cummings

November 1992

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During 1992, the centennial of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore's death, many cities across the United States are honoring "The Father of The American Band." However, Ireland is where it all began for the great bandleader. The greatest bandmaster of the last century was a native Irishman named Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore. Born in Galway on December 25, 1829, the third child of Patrick … [Read more...] about Hibernia | The Irish Father of the American Band

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Chicago's Irish Heritage Center As bidding around the table became tense, one Irishman whispered to another, "Raise it two thousand." And that is how for half a million plus two thousand the old Mayfair School at 4626 North Knox Avenue in Chicago's Northwest became the Irish American Heritage Center. It covers an entire city block (3.7 acres) and is located at the exits of … [Read more...] about Hibernia

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By Irish America Staff

June 1992

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Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915, in the small Polish town of Rzhnoi. In his family he was known by the nickname "Itzel." The first name Shamir chose for himself in the underground was "Michael"-an interesting choice, for Shamir took the name from the Irish underground fighter Michael Collins, whom he … [Read more...] about Hibernia