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August / September 2019

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Photographer Peter Foley spent months documenting the aftermath of 9/11.

A Win For Heroes

9/11 Bill Passes the Senate. New Yorkers were sweating through a brutal heat wave at…

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The climate action campaign group Extinction Rebellion Ireland stage a sitdown in Dublin on July 16.

Are We Doing Enough?

Ireland’s Role in Global Climate Change. ℘℘℘ Welcome to the Emerald Isle. A country so…

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BNA 2019 Festival of Neuroscience

Some 1,500 international neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, patient advocates, and patient organizations gathered in Dublin…

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Book Reviews

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die By James Mustich If you can get past…

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Principal Brid Leahy, Vincent Hanly, and Michael Dowling at Ahalin National School.

Bringing Music to Ahalin National School

Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health in New York, presented an Irish American…

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John Greed addresses the gathering. (Photos by Samantha Nandez and Vladimir Weinstein, BFA.com).

Caron Music Award Named for Thomas Moran

Caron Treatment Centers’ annual NYC gala. ℘℘℘ Caron Treatment Centers, an addiction recovery center, hosted…

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Climate Change: A Mum’s Mission

Trócaire’s Lorna Tevnan Gold on saving the future from the present. ℘℘℘ Dr. Lorna Tevnan…

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Speaker of New York City Council, Corey Johnson, at the Irish Arts Center. Pictured are Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Corey, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Pauline Turley, the center's vice chair. Speaking at the event, which marked a $2.5 million grant from the Irish Government to the center, Johnson said: "The story of this project, in many ways, is the story of Ireland and the story of New York. It's persistent, gritty history of how we moved this project forward."

Corey Johnson: Lightning in a Bottle

Corey Johnson zoomed into New York like a comet and burst onto the political scene….

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Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Cork Hosts Summit on Climate Change

With the theme “shared voices from small island nations,” the 2019 SeaFest and Our Ocean…

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"Dan Ward's Stack" by Rockwell Kent. Courtesy of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Dan Ward’s Stack

From rural Donegal to Russia’s Hermitage Museum: the bizarre journey of an Irish landscape by…

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Dr. Kevin J. Tracey: Inventing the Future of Medicine

Dr. Kevin J. Tracey, president & CEO of the Feinstein Institutes, is a trailblazer in…

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Dr. Paddy Boland (second from left), and (left to right): dinner co-chairs Sean Mackin, Mike Carty, and Dr. Jonathan Lewis, an honorary board member of the Sarcoma Foundation and the 2019 event chair.

Dr. Paddy Boland Receives “Nobility in Science” Award

The 17th Annual New York City fundraising event, “Stand Up to Sarcoma,” was held on…

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First Word: Inventing The Future of Medicine

You would think after all this time as editor of this magazine, I would cease…

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Christine Kinealy and Caroilin Callery on the walk from Roscommon to Dublin in memory of the exiles of 1847.

In the Shoes of Refugees

Walking in the footsteps of 1,490 Irish exiled in 1847. In 2017, and again in…

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Ireland Bans Microbeads

With a bill soon to be introduced by the Dáil, Ireland is set to be…

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Irish Eye On Hollywood: August / September 2019

KEEPING UP WITH THE GLEESONS It’s the Gleeson family’s world. The rest of us just…

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Shane Lowry after his win.

Irishman Wins British Open in Northern Ireland

I hadn’t drank a brandy since 2009,” said Emily Scanlon, grandmother of golfer Shane Lowry,…

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Conor Coyne, chief executive of the Kylemore Trust, Sr. Maire Hickey, Mark Mitchell Henry, Minister Shane Ross, Sr. Magdelena, and Orla Carrol of Failte Ireland.

Kylemore Abbey Visitor Center Opens

From Generation to Generation… The Story of Kylemore Abbey promises to take visitors on a…

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Dr. Eilís Dowd.

Michael J. Fox Funds Parkinson’s Research in Galway

The Michael J. Fox Foundation, founded by and named for actor, author, and advocate Michael…

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NUI Galway Collaborate on Global Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria Study

NUI Galway participates in major international study showing sewage can reveal levels of antimicrobial resistance…

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Our Story

When mental illness wreaks havoc on life and home. In September 1989, my beautiful, talented…

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Pam Martin and Eddie Hawkins of Wild Rover Adventures paddle the River Quoile towards Down Cathedral, where St. Patrick is buried.

Paddling in the Wake of St. Patrick & Game of Thrones

Looking for a truly exceptional adventure? Paddleboarding is the fastest growing sport in the world,…

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Photo Album: Playing Ball With the FBI

My father was wanted by the F.B.I. Specifically, by J. Edgar Hoover himself. ℘℘℘ The…

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Dr. Lisa Connolly.

Queen’s University Takes on Fertility Issues

Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded 6.1 million euros, in collaboration with 11 other global…

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Roots: O’Treasaigh, Tracy, Tracey, Treacy

The Irish Tracey (Tracy, Treacy, Treacey) comes from the historic sept of the Ó Treasaigh;…

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Saoirse

Saoirse, the only daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill and Paul Hill, tragically died on Thursday, August…

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Sláinte! Clean Green

Summer is in full bloom! The days are longer, and the light is brighter. But…

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The Last Word: Things Fall Apart

The failure to stay young. ℘℘℘ The greatest failure in America is the failure to…

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Beside the monument is a bell from the boat, found near Blanc-Sablon in 1968. (Photos courtesy of CBC Radio-Canada).

The Un-Quiet Ghosts of the Carricks

Bones of Irish children were found 170 years after they died on a “coffin ship”…

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Those We Lost

Ivan Cooper (1944 – 2019) Irish civil rights activist Ivan Cooper died in late June,…

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Harvest Festival participants.

Waterford’s Annual Harvest Festival

The 11th annual Waterford Harvest Festival is set for September 6-8. ℘℘℘ Waterford is expecting…

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Author Mary Beth Keane as an infant with her father, Willie.

What Are You Like? Writer Mary Beth Keane

On swanky hotels, Gráinne O’Malley’s tailor-made pirate outfits, and her own unusual hidden talent. Mary…

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What’s on Tap?

Belfast Takes on Plastic. ℘℘℘ Professor Chris Elliot and Dr. Cuong Cao are co-leading a…

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Belle of New York publicity photo.

Wild Irish Women: Chicago May

“How hard Ireland was on the women who could not fit in – the wild…

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Kelly in a 1953 Life Magazine photo.

Window on the Past: The Triumph of a Sad Clown

The extraordinarily gifted Emmett Kelly, who turned clowning into an art form. Though he was…

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FIRST WORD

First Word: Inventing The Future of Medicine

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Dr. Kevin J. Tracey: Inventing the Future of Medicine

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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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