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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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Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915,…
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U2 Win Big at Grammys
U2 was the big winner at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2006. The Irish supergroup won all five awards for which they were nominated, including Album of […]
“King Conan” Receives Warm Finnish Welcome
Conan O’Brien, host of NBC’s Late Night talk show, marked his arrival in Vantaa, Finland on February 12 by kissing the ground at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, renamed “Conan O’Brien Airport” […]
Flynn Takes An Expensive Tumble
2005 Top 100 honoree and author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, smashed a set of 300-year-old Chinese vases after falling down a flight of stairs. The three vases […]
Irish Eye on Hollywood
With the Oscars over and Hollywood royalty officially crowned once again, perhaps now is a good time to look at the Irish movie landscape and see what stars are up-and-coming. […]
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Paddy’s day will see loads of parades and partying across the country this year, with themed parades, special events and concerts aplenty. In New York, Timothy J. Rooney will lead […]
The Descendants of Niall
Are you related to Niall of the Nine Hostages? In a recent study by geneticist Daniel Bradley and his colleagues at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College in […]