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Kathleen Lynch:
A Commitment to Excellence

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 1 Comment

As Chief Operating Officer for UBS Group Americas and Wealth Management Americas, Kathleen Lynch is a dedicated team leader and motivator. Having achieved a role both professionally and personally rewarding, she enjoys paying it forward, acknowledging the support and encouragement she received from her own family and colleagues along the way. "I may not be the smartest person … [Read more...] about Kathleen Lynch:
A Commitment to Excellence

Photo Essay:
Dreams of the Old Country

By Richard Fitzgerald, Contributor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 1 Comment

The haunting distinctive photographs of emigrant Richard Fitzgerald When I began taking photographs of Ireland some forty years ago I felt an immediate connection with Irish emigrants in America, the thousands of people who had left the old country to begin a new life in Boston and New York. The landscape back home was dotted with abandoned stone cottages and derelict … [Read more...] about Photo Essay:
Dreams of the Old Country

A Course Called Quirky

Tom Coyne, Contributor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Tom Coyne, whose 16-week jaunt through Ireland’s 38 seaside golf courses led to the best-selling book, A Course Called Ireland, has put together a list of 18 of his favorite quirky Irish golf holes. Quirky: possessing an individual peculiarity of character; an unusual habit or way of behaving; different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity. In compiling my list of … [Read more...] about A Course Called Quirky

Rebranding Limerick

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 2 Comments

As Ireland’s first City of Culture, Limerick is positioning itself to become a new capital of the arts in the west. Adam Farley traveled there to see how it’s going and what it means for the future of the former “Stab City.” Richard Harris used to drink here. Angela McCourt used to buy single cigarettes here. The Cranberries used to play house shows here. Kevin Barry used to … [Read more...] about Rebranding Limerick

Whatever Happened
to Launt Thompson?

By Michael Burke, Contributor

September 17, 2014 by 3 Comments

How one of the most important post-Civil War sculptors died in obscurity and is buried in an unmarked grave. Lancelot (Launt) Thompson was born in the town of Abbeyleix, in what was then Queens County and is now County Laois, on February 8, 1833. He came to the United States in 1847 with his recently widowed mother, who had no means of support in Ireland. They settled in the … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened
to Launt Thompson?

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December 21, 1796

A French fleet under General Hoche with Theobald Wolfe Tone aboard, 43 vessels and 14,500 men ran into significantly bad weather on this day in December 1796, causing the failure of an anticipated United Irishmen rebellion. Also known as the “Expedition d’Irlande,” the French fleet set sail from Brest on December 16. The goal was to assist the outlawed Society of the United Irishmen in their effort to stage a revolution to drive the English out of Ireland. After running into Atlantic gale force winds, the fleet was forced to land in Bantry Bay. Much of the fleet was dispersed and after being taken off course, the French made their way back to Brest.

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