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Out & About in NYC with James Higgins

Winter 2024

January 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment

If there is an Irish event happening in New York City, more often than not, the person behind the camera is Dublin-born photographer James Higgins.  James has been a photographer in New York City for the past 25 years, and Irish America has been lucky to have him photograph many of our events over the years, including the 2024 Business 100. Finding the perfect angle, light, and … [Read more...] about Out & About in NYC with James Higgins

African American Irish Diaspora Network Inaugural Diaspora Leadership Awards Gala

IA Newsletter, August 13, 2022

August 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 6:30 PM at Manhattan ManorThe African American Irish Diaspora Network (AAIDN) Inaugural Diaspora Leadership Awards Gala will honor four leaders of international stature in the spheres of social justice, scholarship, business leadership, and advocacy: Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland and Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin, who will … [Read more...] about African American Irish Diaspora Network Inaugural Diaspora Leadership Awards Gala

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May 29, 1917

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, great grandson of Irish immigrants, was born on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at at his family’s home in Brookline, MA to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was named after his maternal grandfather John “Honeyfitz” Fitzgerald. Often ill as a child and given the last rites 5 times, the first when he was a newborn, he went on to Princeton and Harvard and joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. In the early 1950s he ran for Congress and was elected a Senator from Massachusetts in 1952. In 1960, he defeated Richard Nixon to become the 35th president of the U.S. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Texas. For more information on JFK visit the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

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