GAAGO has six games available this weekend from the Allianz Hurling League's top tier are comfortably spaced apart, so a decent opportunity exists to assess the form of the main contenders later this summer. Cork/Limerick and Galway/Waterford may be the most immediately appealing, but each of the other four matches scheduled for this weekend have their own story too. The … [Read more...] about Hurling Matches June 5 & 6, 2021
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The Irish Repertory Theatre 2021 Virtual Gala honoring Bill Irwin and Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan June 14, 2021 at 7:30 pm EST Directed & Arranged by Charlotte MooreProduced by Ciarán O’ReillyMusic Direction by John Bell With Michael Cerveris, Len Cariou, Kerry Conte, Jay Aubrey Jones, Melissa Errico, Donna Kane, Kylie Kuioka, Ciaran … [Read more...] about
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Walk on Weekend
Walk on Weekend June 5 - 6, 2021
The Celtic FC Foundation’s Walk On Weekend will take place on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6, and we are encouraging supporters to get involved and take on a distance of their choice, no matter where they are in the world.
Among those taking part are members of Celtic supporters’ clubs in both New York and Philadelphia, as the Manhattan … [Read more...] about Football for Good
Walk on Weekend
Teaching the Great Hunger in the United States
Professor Maureen Murphy developed the New York State Great Hunger Curriculum and is historian of The Hunger Memorial in New York City. She reflects on teaching the Irish Famine, the Hunger Memorial, and the role of women such as Asenath Nicolson in alleviating hunger and homelessness in the past and present. Please join us for a live online post-show discussion on … [Read more...] about Teaching the Great Hunger in the United States
The General Who Launched Memorial Day
By Ray Cavanaugh
Tracing the origins of Memorial Day can become rather convoluted. After all, about two-dozen U.S. communities claim to have held the first such commemoration. On a less contested level, Gen. John A. Logan was the man who established an official day to honor military persons who made the ultimate sacrifice. Born on Feb. 9, 1826, in Jackson County, Illinois, he was one of ten … [Read more...] about The General Who Launched Memorial Day