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The United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion

By Colin Lacey

March / April 1998

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The Society of United Irishmen, founded in Belfast on October 26, 1791 by radical political thinkers, including Theobald Wolfe Tone, Hamilton Rowan, Samuel Nellson, Henry Joy McCracken and Thomas Russell, the organization's declared objective was "equal representation of all the people in parliament" and the establishment of a political system that would include all religious … [Read more...] about The United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion

IMAGINE John Lennon at 85

By Christine Kinealy
IA Newsletter

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Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of man … Thursday, October 9, 2025 marked what would have been the 85th birthday of rock legend, John Lennon, a founder of the Beatles, and a singer, song-writer and social activist. John was born in Liverpool in the north of England—a city sometimes referred to as the 33rd county of Ireland … [Read more...] about IMAGINE John Lennon at 85

To Live For Ireland

Mary Pat Kelly
IA Newsletter, August 18, 2020

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Mary Pat Kelly writes about her friendship with politician and peacemaker, John Hume “Mr. Hume says Northern Ireland is too complicated to reduce to a Yes/No proposition,” Ted Smyth said to me. Fall 1976. I’m an Associate Producer at Good Morning America and Ted’s the Press Secretary for the Irish Embassy. We didn’t realize how young we were – Ted wasn’t 30; I was 31 and John … [Read more...] about To Live For Ireland

The Pull Of The Stars

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By Tom Deignan Best-Selling Dublin-born author Emma Donoghue has a brilliant and timely new novel out. Set in an Irish maternity ward during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, The Pull of the Stars explores the challenges and heroism of nurses and other health care workers, while at the same time tenderly chronicling the loves and losses of their inner lives. Tom Deignan … [Read more...] about The Pull Of The Stars

The Healing Touch

By Leslie McCrea, Contributor
August / September 2015

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In rural Virginia, where poverty is a constant and medical care is a rarity, a team of nurses has provided mobile healthcare for 35 years. Today, the Health Wagon provides more than $1 million worth of medical care to more than 11,000 uninsured or underinsured patients who would otherwise have no access to the services they need. Through rolling hills, a red 1968 Volkswagen … [Read more...] about The Healing Touch