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Hibernia | The Irish Father of the American Band
During 1992, the centennial of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’s death, many cities across the United States…
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Chicago’s Irish Heritage Center As bidding around the table became tense, one Irishman whispered to…
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Harry Truman’s Irish Links To judge by the rush to claim kinship with him by…
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Maze Prison to Become Peace Center
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have jointly praised plans for the redevelopment of the 347-acre Maze-Long Kesh prison site near Lisburn, Co. Antrim into a Peace Building and Conflict Resolution […]
Irish Twins Born 87 Days Apart Set World Record
Waterford twins Katie and Amy Jones-Elliott are headed to the Guinness Book of Records after they were born 87 days apart. As reported by the Irish Mirror, Maria Jones-Elliott, went […]
Irish Government Proposes New Abortion Legislation
Two weeks after an Irish jury concluded that poor medical care – including the refusal to perform an emergency abortion – led to the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar in […]
Irish Visits in the Works for Biden and Obamas
Following his induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame (see more coverage here), it’s only fitting that Vice President Joe Biden should pay a visit to the home of […]
Gabrielle Giffords Honored with JFK Profile in Courage Award
Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived a deadly mass shooting in January 2011, was honored with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award on May 5, at […]
Breslin on Breslin
On June 10, at 8:30 p.m. (EST) readers in the tri-state area will be treated to a half-hour of veteran newspaper columnist and novelist Jimmy Breslin on what it means […]