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Sisters Sharing Musical Talent and Health Issues

By Kara Rota, Contributor
August / September 2013

August 1, 2013 by 1 Comment

Sephira: Joyce and Ruth O’Leary

Joyce and Ruth O’Leary are your average pair of young Irish sisters in their early twenties. They share outfits, finish each other’s sentences, and cheer each other up when one is having a hard day. There’s just one difference: together, Joyce and Ruth make up Sephira, an Irish crossover act that combines passionate violin playing, ethereal singing and showstopping choreography … [Read more...] about Sisters Sharing Musical Talent and Health Issues

A Way of Healing

By Honora Harty, Contributor
August / September 2013

August 1, 2013 by 1 Comment

El Camino De Santiago. Photo: Honora Harty.

In memory of her brother David, who died of of MS related causes, Honora Harty flew from San Francisco to Dublin to join a group of MS Ireland walkers embarking on the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), the ancient pilgrimage route. The walkers picked up the trail in Estella in northeast Spain and walked to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia on the west … [Read more...] about A Way of Healing

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July 27, 1782

The third Catholic Relief Act came into effect on this day in 1782. This act follows the second which was issued on May 4, 1782. Combined, the two Relief acts allow Catholics to own land outside of parliamentary boundaries, allow Catholics to become teachers, and allow them to act as guardians. These acts are part of the movement for Catholic emancipation and the removal of restrictions brought about by the Penal laws.

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