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2008

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

A Thousand Welcomes?: Asylum in Ireland

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
June / July 2008

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“I lost three of my four children.  My son is the only thing I have left,” says a mother, her voice choking with emotion. “In Nigeria, it was all gangs, armed robbers, hired assassins.  You were either in or out,” remembers a young man who escaped the violence. “There was no peace in the Congo.  You never knew what would happen.  You’d hear bullets – grr, grr – during the … [Read more...] about A Thousand Welcomes?: Asylum in Ireland

A Declaration of Intent

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
June / July 2008

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Six flags fly at Kosovo’s Camp Viele – Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia and Ireland – but the camp commander comes from Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. Significantly, it’s the first time an Irish senior officer leads the  multinational peacekeeping force in Kosovo. Lunch will be a brief affair. It’s Tuesday so the troops from Finland are in charge of the kitchen at … [Read more...] about A Declaration of Intent