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From Five Points Riots and Romance to Alphabet City Punk Rockers

By Keith J. Kelly
IA Newsletter July 2, 2022

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Larry Kirwan is All the Rage The East Village of the 1980s will be the setting for the next play from Larry Kirwan, a co-writer and conceiver of “Paradise Square,” whose leading lady Joaquina Kalukango recently picked up the Tony Award for best actress in a musical. “All the Rage” is the title of the new play that Kirwan, an author and the longtime frontman of Irish rock … [Read more...] about From Five Points Riots and Romance to Alphabet City Punk Rockers

News Roundup June 25, 2022

By Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter, June 25, 2022

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Irish Cafe Staff Helps Rescue Woman Hostage On Sunday, June 19 around 5 am, the Chipper Truck Cafe in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx, received a normal Grubhub delivery order with unusual instructions. It was not uncommon for the traditional Irish eatery, co-owned by Leitrim woman Alice O’Brien Bermejo and her husband Valentino, to receive a late-night order– they run one of … [Read more...] about News Roundup June 25, 2022

Passages East and West:
An Irish Indian Comes Home 

By Turlough McConnell
IA newsletter June 18, 2022

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History speaks of migration waves that flow across land and sea and create epochal change. This description can obscure the smaller, often heroic journeys of daring individuals who establish new communities and identities for themselves and for posterity. The poignant documentary ‘An Gorta Mór: Passage to India’ (also known as Boys from Vepery), written by Ian Michael and … [Read more...] about Passages East and West:
An Irish Indian Comes Home 

News Roundup June 18, 2022

By Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter, June 18, 2022

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A New Northern Ireland Protocol Bill On Monday, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, introduced a bill that the EU says is in violation of the Good Friday Agreement. The new plan proposes that goods being sent to Northern Ireland by trusted vendors from the U.K. are in the “Green Lane” and … [Read more...] about News Roundup June 18, 2022

Bloomsday 2022

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Celebrating the Centenary Celebration of the Release of James Joyce Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th each year, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. The day is named after the central character in Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, and follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8:00 am on 16 June 1904 through to … [Read more...] about Bloomsday 2022