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The Irish Derby
A Message From An Taoiseach The Budweiser Irish Derby is a great sporting occasion, the…
A Day in the Long Life of the Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are probably the most famous basketball club in the world. Since its…
Hibernia – Sports
Irish Punters in American Football Daniel Whelan It’s shaping up to…
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John Duddy: Actor
Middleweight champion John Duddy on hanging up his gloves. In 2011, John Duddy retired from boxing. Living in New York, the popular Derry native had compiled a 29-and-2 record with […]
A Course Called Quirky
Tom Coyne, whose 16-week jaunt through Ireland’s 38 seaside golf courses led to the best-selling book, A Course Called Ireland, has put together a list of 18 of his favorite […]
Saratoga’s Irish Visionary: John Morrissey
As Saratoga Springs celebrates 150 years of thoroughbred racing, Liz O’Connell tells the tale of John Morrissey, an Irish immigrant who organized, operated and had the vision to develop what […]
True Grit – Sandy Fails to Derail the Xavier Knights’ Run for Glory
All they wanted was a chance for ten more days of football. Just before the end of the season, a quarter of the players and one of the coaches on […]
Brian Kelly Is Coach of the Year
Coach Kelly, who led Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish through a perfect season (up until the BCS championship game), was named the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year by the Football […]
The Irish Giants
The Hibernian legacy of the Giants baseball team. To appreciate the legacy of the San Francisco Giants we have to return to their New York beginnings and the ballplayers who […]