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December January 2013 Issue

Judy Collins Receives Eugene O’Neill Award

December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The Irish American Writers & Artists honored Judy Collins with the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award before a packed house at Rosie O’Grady’s Manhattan Club on October 15. Among those lauding the iconic folksinger was 93-year-old singer/songwriter and activist Pete Seeger, who declared, “If the world is still around in another 100 years, it will be because of the … [Read more...] about Judy Collins Receives Eugene O’Neill Award

The Four Irish Nobel Laureates

By Turlough McConnell
December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by 5 Comments

"Without the titanic vision of one man, Brian P. Burns, none of this would have been possible,” writes Roger Kohn of The Four Irish Nobel Laureates, a series of sculptures created by noted Irish artist Rowan Gillespie, now permanently housed in the John J. Burns Library, in the historic, leafy suburb of Chestnut Hill, at the heart of the Boston College campus. Under the … [Read more...] about The Four Irish Nobel Laureates

Irish All-Star Athletes Take New York

December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The Gaelic Players Association “GPA,” the umbrella group for 2,500 Irish football and hurling athletes, held their first annual dinner in New York on November 15. It was a smashing success, with over 400 prominent Irish-Americans attending as well as the two All-Star teams from Ireland, the Minister of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan, and GAA president Liam … [Read more...] about Irish All-Star Athletes Take New York

Those We Lost in Hurricane Sandy

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by 1 Comment

On October 29, Hurricane Sandy swept up the eastern seaboard with a fury and intensity the region hadn’t experienced in decades. The hardest-hit areas included Staten Island, the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, Long Island and the Jersey Shore. Over 100 lives were lost in the tri-state area: 64 in New York, 37 in New Jersey and 5 in Connecticut, according to the most recent … [Read more...] about Those We Lost in Hurricane Sandy

Those We Lost

December / January 2013

December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Recent passings in the Irish-American community. Larry Reynolds 1922 – 2012 Larry Reynolds, a masterful fiddle player from County Galway and a staple of the Boston Irish music scene, passed away on October 3 at the age of 80 from complications due to amyliodosis, a protein disorder. One of thirteen children born and raised in Ahascragh, County Galway, near Ballinasloe, … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

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