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The Stewards of the Charitable Musical Society request the favour of the Ladies not to…
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That’s the question currently inflaming the intelligentsia of Putnam County, a rocky chunk of exurbia…
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In 1863 President Lincoln proclaimed the first national designation of a date for Thanksgiving. He…
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New Map Animates Devastation of the Great Hunger
Dr. Alan Ferinhough, a lecturer and economic historian at Queen’s University Belfast, recently created an animation of the evolution of Ireland’s population density from 1841 to 2012 showing how the […]
Ireland’s Wettest Decade
The years 2006 to 2015 saw the highest average rainfall in Ireland in the past 300 years, according to a study performed at Maynooth University led by Conor Murphy (right). The […]
New Viking Finds at Site of Dublin Hotel
Archaeologists have discovered a significant number of Viking-era artifacts and architectural remains during the building of Dublin’s new Hodson Bay Hotel in the Coombe. Among the architectural findings were the ruins of […]
World Happiness Report: Ireland Happier than U.S.
According to the 2018 World Happiness Report published in March, Ireland has outstripped the United States by four rankings in terms of national glee, coming in as the 14th happiest […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s First Official U.S. Visit
Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar upheld the 65-year-old tradition of presenting the U.S. president with a bowl of shamrocks in March as part of his first state U.S. visit. His […]
Higgins Stumps for Peace and Women’s Rights in New York Visit
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife, Sabina, visited New York in late April. The trip saw him address the United Nations General Assembly and meet with senior international […]