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January/December 2015

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FEATURES

“Meet in Ireland”
Initiative Announced

Failte Ireland have launched a new campaign called “Meet in Ireland,” to support corporate tourism….

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An Irish-Choctaw
Thanksgiving in Queens

The Choctaw Native American tribe and Irish people have a complex and nuanced relationship that…

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Carna Emigrants Centre

A village in County Galway uses DNA testing to connect with people whose ancestors immigrated…

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Distinguished Service Awards

Winners of this year’s Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish abroad included actress Fionnula…

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Dublin: Europe’s Tech Capital

Dublin today has a unique rhythm, a youthful impatience to succeed, and confidence in its…

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First Word: Google & Me

Google was following me. Or so it seemed. Immediately after my visit to the Google…

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Flax Trust America
Honors Charlie Rose

Talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose was honored at the Flax Trust annual luncheon…

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Hollywood’s Irish Trinity

For all of the bluster surrounding the John Ford and John Wayne relationship, and the…

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Ireland-New Orleans Symposium

Heather Humphreys, Ireland’s Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and Chair of the National…

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Irish American Wins Nobel
Prize in Medicine

Irish-American scientist John O’Keefe was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing…

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Irish Arts Center
Raises $1.1 Million

From left: Irish Arts Center vice chair Pauline Turley, Martin Hayes, special guest Sting (whose…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

Two children of the Irish diaspora may well come together to tell the story of…

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Irish Hero Awards

The Irish Emigrant newspaper, in partnership with IrishCentral.com, held its Irish Heroes of New England…

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Irish Post Awards

Hollywood actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was among those honored at this year’s Irish Post Awards…

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Irish Say “No”
to Water Charges

While rain is free and plentiful and free in Ireland, it appears water is not….

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Kylemore Abbey: Arais Aris

Kylemore Abbey was founded in 1920 by Irish Benedictine nuns on the grounds of Kylemore…

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NUI Galway Dinner
Supports Drama

The eighth annual National University Ireland, Galway Gala Dinner took place in November at the…

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Patrick Healy to Retire

Patrick J. Healy, Quinnipiac University’s senior vice president for finance, is retiring effective June 30,…

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Photo Album:
Ma Bell and Mom

My mother Christine Daly (née Flynn), born in CastleGregory, County Kerry, came to the U.S….

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Photo Essay:
Ireland in Seven Days

Whoever coined the Irish proverb “When God made time, he made plenty of it” must have been…

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Play to Win: Shannon Deegan

Shannon Deegan, Director of Global Security Operations at Google, talks about growing up in Montreal,…

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Remembering Kate FitzGerald

Kate FitzGerald died peacefully on August 4, at home in Philadelphia with her family. Born…

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Review of Books

SHORT FICTION Belfast Noir Edited by Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville Belfast, a city of conflicting…

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Slainte! A Stitch in Time

Every year December swoops in with a blizzard of holiday parties. There are office parties,…

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Songs for the Ancestors

Judy Collins on finding inspiration in the experience of her antecedents. Shortly before Judy Collins…

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Tales from the Vault

The American investor and businessman Wilbur Ross, Jr. led a consortium of investors who took…

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Presented with Lifetime
Achievement Award

President Brian W. Stack presenting the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Award for Outstanding…

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The 29th Annual
Irish America Business 100

The Business 100 recognizes the phenomenal success of the Irish in corporate America. The executives,…

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The Irish 66ers

The spirited “Irish 66ers” recently completed their 7th motorcycle journey on Route 66 in an…

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The Irish Legal 100

From the era of the Brehon laws, the Irish have been famous worldwide for their…

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The Point

A visit to the McCord Museum helps uncover the history of two of Montreal’s historic…

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Those We Lost

Msgr. Lawrence M. Connaughton 1944 – 2014 For the last 44 years, Monsignor Lawrence M….

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Trinity Geologists Rewrite
Earth’s Evolutionary History

Geologists from Trinity College Dublin have rewritten evolutionary history by finding that oxygen-producing life forms…

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Two Films in Production
on the Easter Rising

As the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising approaches, many cultural events and other commemorations…

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Two Million Seeds of Hope

The International humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide U.S. recognized Joe Ripp, CEO of Time Inc., at…

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UCC Celebrates Legacy of
Mathematician George Boole

A celebration of the life and legacy of George Boole was the theme of the…

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Unpublished Poet Awarded Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Prize

The literary world welcomed a new talent in September when the prestigious Patrick Kavanagh Poetry…

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What Are You Like?
Maureen O’Hara

Maureen O’Hara lit up the silver screen in 60 movies over a lifetime. We all…

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Young and Strong:
The Bridget Awards

The first-ever Celebrating Young and Strong cocktail reception benefiting Dana-Farber’s program for young women with…

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FIRST WORD

First Word: Google & Me

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Play to Win: Shannon Deegan

News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Photo Album:
Ma Bell and Mom

My mother Christine Daly (née Flynn), born in CastleGregory, County Kerry, came to the U.S….

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