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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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The Rules of the Game
“The building trade is the worst trade in the World — you can quote me on that,” jokes Fran Rooney as he speaks of the new house he is trying […]
Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship
A County Louth native battled frigid temperatures in Iowa to win the men’s 10,000 meter National College Athletic Association cross-country championship. Keith Kelly, a student at Providence College, finished the […]
The Blame Game
For six long weeks this past Fall the country waited to find out who our next president would be. We waited, watched, and blamed. We blamed the newscasters, we blamed […]
The Letters of Oscar Wilde
One of Oscar Wilde’s wishes was that he be talked about 100 years after his death. Well, his wish has been granted. November 30 marked the centenary of the writer’s […]
Man of Erin 2001 Contest
The Philadelphia Immigration Resource Center will be hosting a bachelors’ contest titled “Man of Erin 2001” on February 24. The winner will receive a trip to Ireland, including airfare, accommodations […]
Get Your Irish Up! At Galway’s Oyster Festival
It’s early evening and a vast room at Galway’s Corrib Southern Hotel is lined with long rows of tables, laid for a banquet for over 600 people. Men in dinner […]