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February March 2016 Issue

1916 – 2016: The Centenary

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Welcome to the 1916 Centenary issue of Irish America. This special issue of Irish America is dedicated to the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Its aim is two-fold: to highlight and investigate the key individuals and movements, both American and Irish, who had a hand in the planning, execution, and aftermath of the Rising, and to showcase underrepresented aspects of the … [Read more...] about 1916 – 2016: The Centenary

First Word: “Two Hearts Beat as One”

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

“No New York.  No America.  No Easter Rising.  It’s simple as that.” – Director of Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, J.J. Lee While editing the articles in this issue, I was struck by two related observations: without the Irish in America the 1916 Rising would not have happened; and Britain sealed its fate by implementing its terror policies, and allowing a famine that forced … [Read more...] about First Word: “Two Hearts Beat as One”

First Trans-Atlantic Fiber-Optic
Cable Connects Ireland and US

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

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Ireland and the U.S. are now connected through a brand new $300 million transatlantic fiber-optic cable that went live on January 31. Aqua Comms, the Irish based company behind the America Europe Connect (AEConnect) system, put the final splice in the cable in November of last year, making AEConnect the first and only dedicated modern subsea fiber-optic cable system running … [Read more...] about First Trans-Atlantic Fiber-Optic
Cable Connects Ireland and US

Irish Miracle Baby

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

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Zoe Ireland Drake, the American baby girl born just minutes after landing in Dublin on October 28th, 2015, spent Christmas in Ireland. Her parents, Jenny and Gavin Drake, have remained in Dublin ever since their Nashville-bound American Airlines flight redirected to Dublin when Jenny went into premature labor at 25 weeks. Jenny and Gavin were heading home after enjoying a … [Read more...] about Irish Miracle Baby

Waterford Artifact May Be
Oldest in Ireland

By Julia Brodsky, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

In mid-2015, a group of fishermen off the coast of Waterford inadvertently picked up what could potentially be Ireland’s oldest archeological artifact. While trawling for scallops off Creaden Head near Woodstown, they also caught a fragment of a flint axe, which they turned over to the Waterford History Group. The fragment has since traveled to University College Cork for age … [Read more...] about Waterford Artifact May Be
Oldest in Ireland

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February 7, 1877

John O’Mahoney, Irish patriot and founder of the Fenian Brotherhood, died on this day in New York City. After joining Daniel O’Connell’s movement for the repeal of the Union Act of 1800 and becoming dissatisfied with the progress, O’Mahoney led and took part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 in Co. Tipperary. His involvement forced him to leave Ireland. He first settled in Paris but then moved to New York City and founded the Fenian Brotherhood in 1858. Fellow Fenian Brotherhood member James Stephens returned to Dublin later that year and founded the Irish counterpart, the Irish Republican Brotherhood. After his death in 1877, O’Mahoney’s body was returned to Ireland and interred in Glasnevin cemetery.

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