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More Than Just Round of Golf

By Kevin Mangan, Contributor
August / September 2008

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I was fortunate to play the Old Head Golf Links on my most recent trip to Ireland.  The Links is one of the most unique golf courses ever conceived. It is built on a 220-acre diamond of land, jutting out over two miles into the Atlantic Ocean.  The links and practice area occupy 180 acres, and the remaining 40 acres of unspoilt cliff (rising in places to over 300 feet) frame … [Read more...] about More Than Just Round of Golf

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2008

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Irish-American hunk George Clooney recently said that he plans to return to his ancestral home for a summer of motorcycling. “I am doing a motorbike ride in Ireland this summer,” he recently told Dublin radio station FM104. “I hear it rains a lot but I’ve got the perfect outfit!” Clooney’s last film Leatherheads was a bit of a dud, but he may soon be back in the Oscar … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

Silicon’s Finest Irish at Stanford

a href="https://www.irishamerica.com/in-this-issue-2008-june-july">June / July 2008

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SILICON Valley has long been the birthplace of great innovation. Companies such as Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard and Intel all began their journeys to greatness here, and the world was changed forever. Now comes a new Irish organization that could change the way the world sees Irish America and Ireland. With Irish America acting as co-host, The Irish Technology Leadership … [Read more...] about Silicon’s Finest Irish at Stanford

Meagher of the Sword Honored in Brooklyn

By Declan O'Kellty, Assistant Editor
June / July 2008

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A gravestone honoring Irish Patriot Thomas Meagher, a Fighting 69th Brigade commander and former acting governor of Montana Territory, was unveiled at the Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York on April 19, 2008. The Green-Wood Historic Fund erected the gravestone to Meagher, whose body was never found after he went missing on the Missouri River in 1867, and placed it next … [Read more...] about Meagher of the Sword Honored in Brooklyn

I Heard They Went to New York

By Tara Dougherty,Music Editor
June / July 2008

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By the 1930s, an influx of Irish immigrants from Monaghan to New York had brought with them a great deal of the cultural and social traditions of their homeland. In the Monaghan County Museum, Ireland, a photographic exhibit opened on April 17, 2008, which tells the tales of many of these families and their lives in New York. The exhibit, which runs through July, represents … [Read more...] about I Heard They Went to New York