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100 Years of Ireland at the Olympics
The eyes of the world were on Paris for the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony on…
Who was Larry O’Brien, for whom the NBA Championship Trophy is named?
Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for hoisting Banner 18 at the rafters at TD Garden. It was…
Whistling Straits to Host Ryder Cup
The 17th green on The Straits, a par 3 There’s a beautiful links golf course…
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Olympic Rowing Greats
Billions of viewers watched the Tokyo Olympics this summer. And there were countless feature stories about the 1964 Olympics, when Japan first hosted the games, including a detailed recounting of […]
Hurling Matches June 5 & 6, 2021
GAAGO has six games available this weekend from the Allianz Hurling League’s top tier are comfortably spaced apart, so a decent opportunity exists to assess the form of the main […]
The ‘Daddy of Baseball’Was an Immigrant fromCounty Clare
Although almost completely forgotten now, Ted Sullivan (1848 – 1929) was once among the best-known characters in baseball. He was called “The Daddy of Baseball” and “The Godfather of the […]
Tipperary Football Team Win Munster Final after 85-Year Wait
Tipperary marked the centenary of Bloody Sunday with a historic win over Cork to win the Munster Final for the first time since 1935. By Deaglán de Bréadún In one […]
Irish Links at the U.S. Open
When Caddyshack star Michael O’Keefe showed up at the U.S. Open this week, it was just the latest big role played by the Irish at the elite golf tournament. […]
John B. Kelly: An American Champion
This story first appeared in Irish America in the summer of 1996 as the games of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad began. John Brendan Kelly, father of Princess grace […]