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Belfast Court Finally Rules on 1972 Springhill/Westrock Belfast Killings
The last few minutes waiting for the verdict in the Belfast court were excruciating. Relatives…
Glucksman Ireland House NYU Honors Four Outstanding Irish and Irish-American Leaders
In what has become a celebrated annual, pre-St Patrick’s Day tradition, Glucksman Ireland House NYU…
St. Patrick’s Day: A Celebration of Immigration
Michael Dowling, the then CEO of Northwell Health, served as the…
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News Roundup April 30, 2022
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Attends U.S. Talks Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney attended a series of meetings in Washington D.C. and Boston this week. Topics of […]
Firefighter Timothy Klein “The Canarsie Kid”
Long before the news was out in the media on Sunday evening, up and down the Rockaway Peninsula, they knew something was going horribly wrong at a house fire in […]
In the Midst of Plenty
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released In the Midst of Plenty in collaboration with Enchanted Croi Theatre to mark the 2023 National Famine Commemoration. […]
Tracing Strokestown Famine Emigrants on the Welland Canal
In Tracing Strokestown Famine Emigrants on the Welland Canal (33:58), Professor Mark McGowan from the University of Toronto follows in the footsteps of some of the 1,490 assisted migrants from the Strokestown […]
The Famine Irish in Chicago
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 7:00 pm in Ireland, 2:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm in CST, 11:00 am PST This Sunday, May 1st is the first presentation of The Great Famine […]
From Strokestown to London
In From Strokestown to London, acclaimed poet and performance artist Cherry Smyth counterpoints her impressions of female Famine Irish immigrants in London in the 1840s with her recollections of visiting the […]