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December January 2020 Issue

Loretta Brennan Glucksman Honored

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

℘℘℘ Family, friends, leading figures in the Irish world, and a contingent from the University of Limerick (UL) converged on Glucksman Ireland House at NYU on Sunday, November 17 to witness UL’s conferring of an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on Loretta Brennan Glucksman. The descendant of four Irish immigrant grandparents, Loretta has made – and continues to make – an … [Read more...] about Loretta Brennan Glucksman Honored

Enda O'Brien Takes New York

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Fresh on the heels of her success with her latest book, Girl, Edna O’Brien was at Symphony Space for an evening of tributes and a one-on-one interview with Robert Ford, the American novelist and short-story writer. A host of authors and actors, including Gina Apostol (Insurrecto), Maeve Higgins  (Maeve in America), Zainab Jah (Deep State),  … [Read more...] about Enda O'Brien Takes New York

Enda O’Brien Takes New York

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Fresh on the heels of her success with her latest book, Girl, Edna O’Brien was at Symphony Space for an evening of tributes and a one-on-one interview with Robert Ford, the American novelist and short-story writer. A host of authors and actors, including Gina Apostol (Insurrecto), Maeve Higgins  (Maeve in America), Zainab Jah (Deep State),  … [Read more...] about Enda O’Brien Takes New York

New York Hurling Classic 2019

By Sarah Loughnane, Editorial Assistant/Social Media & Events Coordinator
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

℘℘℘ Four all-star hurling teams descended on the city of New York to battle it out for the top spot in the New York Hurling Classic 2019 in mid-November. Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Limerick faced off against one another at Citifield in Queens. The festivities kicked off at the Harvard Club on Thursday, November 14, at a dinner honoring Tipperary, the reigning … [Read more...] about New York Hurling Classic 2019

A Hidden Gem of Celtic Revival Art

By Geoffrey Cobb, Contributor
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by 1 Comment

A tiny chapel, just outside of Dublin City Centre in the pleasant seaside town of Dún Laoghaire, houses a stunning jewel of Celtic. Revival decoration, yet the small building is so unobtrusive that even many native Dubliners have no idea of its existence. Hidden behind the town’s Bloomsfield Shopping Center, the Oratory of the Sacred Heart is a veritable three-dimensional Book … [Read more...] about A Hidden Gem of Celtic Revival Art

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