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New York Yankees Irish Heritage Cap 2025

New York Yankees Irish Heritage 2025

Celebrate Irish Heritage at Yankee Stadium in July when the Yankees take on the Seattle…

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The Heroes of ’47

The 50th anniversary of the All-Ireland Football Final, played in New York. It’s been fifty…

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Sean Reidy, co-founder with Patricia Harty of the Irish America Hall of Fame; Sean Connick, CEO of the Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience, in New Ross, Co. Wexford, where the Irish America Hall of Fame is housed; and Hall of Fame member Kevin M. White.

“The Good Sport”

In this excerpt from his memoir The Good Sport, Kevin White takes us on his…

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Irish Basketball Star for U.S.
ArchiveAugust September 2002 IssueHiberniaSports Archives

Irish Basketball Star for U.S.

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2002
Aug 1, 20021 min read
Irish International basketball star Susan Moran from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, has become the first Irish player to be signed by an American WNBA team. Moran who won a scholarship to […]
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Galileo: King of Kings
ArchiveOctober November 2001 IssueSports ArchivesTop Stories

Galileo: King of Kings

By Angela Phelan, Contributor
October / November 2001
Oct 1, 200110 min read
Can an Irish horse win the prestigious Breeders Cup? In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to […]
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Why Grandpa Should Be in the Hall of Fame
ArchiveOctober November 2001 IssueSports ArchivesTop Stories

Why Grandpa Should Be in the Hall of Fame

By Mark Gauvreau Judge, Contributor
October / November 2001
Oct 1, 200110 min read
On July 1st, 1920, my grandfather saved the only no-hitter ever thrown by the Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. Grandpa played first base for the Washington Senators, and he […]
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The Giants’ Cause
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The Giants’ Cause

By John Kernaghan, Contributor
June / July 2001
Jun 1, 20017 min read
Rioting fans, hooliganism and remote and sometimes ugly multi-millionaires have given sports a bad name in recent times. But every now and then, the world of fun and games provides […]
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Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship
ArchiveFebruary March 2001 IssueHiberniaSports Archives

Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2001
Feb 1, 20012 min read
A County Louth native battled frigid temperatures in Iowa to win the men’s 10,000 meter National College Athletic Association cross-country championship. Keith Kelly, a student at Providence College, finished the […]
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Olympic Roundup
ArchiveDecember January 2001 IssueHiberniaSports Archives

Olympic Roundup

By Gerry Slevin, Contributor
December / January 2001
Dec 1, 20003 min read
Sonia’s Silver Ireland brought home only one Olympic medal from the Sydney Games. The country’s hopes for gold were dashed when runner Sonia O’Sullivan narrowly lost the woman’s 5,000 meter […]
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