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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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Window on the PastThe Irish Bambino
ArchiveMarch April 2020 IssueSports ArchivesTop StoriesWindow on The Past

Window on the PastThe Irish Bambino

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
March / April 2020
Mar 1, 20207 min read
In late 1990s baseball, home runs were everywhere. The balls were allegedly juiced. The sluggers were definitely juiced. Players who had been lanky rookies would later display cartoon-sized muscles, thanks […]
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Running Rings Around the Empire: The 1908 Olympics
History ArchivesMarch April 2020 IssueSports Archives

Running Rings Around the Empire: The 1908 Olympics

By Roger McGrath, Contributor
March / April 2020
Mar 1, 202020 min read
In 1908, as the world’s attention focused on the Olympic Games in London, Britain had decided again not to allow Ireland to field its own team, imperiously stating, “Ireland is […]
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New York Hurling Classic 2019
December January 2020 IssueHiberniaSports Archives

New York Hurling Classic 2019

By Sarah Loughnane, Editorial Assistant/Social Media & Events Coordinator
December / January 2020
Dec 1, 20192 min read
℘℘℘ Four all-star hurling teams descended on the city of New York to battle it out for the top spot in the New York Hurling Classic 2019 in mid-November. Tipperary, […]
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Give It a Hurl: GPA All-Star Gala & Super11s
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Give It a Hurl: GPA All-Star Gala & Super11s

By Irish America StaffNov 1, 20192 min read
Join the Gaelic Players Association on Friday, November 15 for the annual Ireland-US Gaelic Heritage Awards & Dinner Gala. This night is always a great gathering of friends, who join together to support […]
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Shane Lowry after his win.
ArchiveAugust September 2019 IssueHiberniaSports Archives

Irishman Wins British Open in Northern Ireland

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
August / September 2019
Aug 1, 20192 min read
I hadn’t drank a brandy since 2009,” said Emily Scanlon, grandmother of golfer Shane Lowry, after Lowry won the 148th British Open Championship on Sunday, July 21, at Royal Portrush […]
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Fenway’s Hurling Classic
HiberniaJanuary February 2019 IssueSports Archives

Fenway’s Hurling Classic

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
January / February 2019
Dec 22, 20182 min read
Fenway Park, the hallowed ground of the Boston Red Sox, was taken over by Irish players wielding sticks in what has been described as the world’s fastest game played on […]
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