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Mo’s Mission
Marjorie “Mo” Mowlam (1949-2005), was a British Labour Party politician who served as Northern Ireland…
The Good Friday Agreement and Beyond
“I was worried about my cousins getting killed,” Kevin Sullivan, Project Director for the Ad…
Good Friday Agreement 25 Years Later
Queens University, Belfast Conference
Senator George Mitchell turned out to be the star of the Agreement 25 conference held…
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DNA Links President Bidento Galway
Galway joins Mayo and Louth as an Ancestral Home Ireland loves to claim her own, so President Biden – who’s conspicuously proud of his 5/8 Irish ancestry – is a […]
Growing Unrest inNorthern Ireland
April 17, 2021 By Deaglán de Bréadún Concern has been growing in Ireland, north and south, that the Troubles which caused so many deaths and injuries for thirty years from […]
Marty Walsh is Confirmed as U.S. Labor Secretary
By Michael Quinlin Congratulations to Martin J. Walsh, who was confirmed on Monday, March 22, 2021 as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. The U.S. Senate approved his nomination 68-29. […]
Irish AmericanHeritage Month 2021
A Proclamation on Irish-American Heritage Month, 2021 On Monday March 1, 2021 President Joe Biden proclaimed March as Irish American Heritage Month to honor the achievements and contributions of Irish […]
Pennsylvania’s Irish and theFounding of the State
Joe Biden’s nail-biting Pennsylvania win was just the latest episode in Pennsylvania’s rich Irish American history. You can take the boy out of Scranton. But Scranton still helped put its […]
Understanding the 25th Amendment and Impeachment
For five decades, John Feerick has done his best to make sure America can deal with things at their worst. If you read the headlines this week, you saw angry […]