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News Roundup March 19, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter March 19, 2022

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Last NYC St. Patrick's Parade for Pipe Major Joe Brady This week Ireland and various cities across the world celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. In New York City, crowds of people in shamrock hats and tri-color flags flanked the streets as the city’s St. Patrick’s parade returned after a two-year hiatus. And leading the parade, as always, was Pipe Major Joe Brady. The day was … [Read more...] about News Roundup March 19, 2022

News Roundup

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter November 13, 2021

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Irish Minister on Trade Promotion Visit to U.S.The United States welcomed its first foreign visitors after 600 days of closed borders, and the Irish government was quick to reconnect with its diaspora on the East Coast. Robert Troy, the Irish minister for Trade Promotion was in New York to meet with Irish companies doing business in the U.S., and to show support for Irish and … [Read more...] about News Roundup

Belfast and Young Plato

By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter November 13, 2021

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In just a few weeks, Ireland - and the world - will mark the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” That was the gruesome, January 1972 day when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights marchers in Derry, killing over a dozen, and sending the Northern Ireland Troubles into a violent new phase. All those bullets and bombs have made it difficult to tell more intimate … [Read more...] about Belfast and Young Plato

Exploring Ulster

By Irish America staff

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The northern-most province of Ulster contains a diverse array of cultures and sites, which, combined, tell the tale of modern Ireland, a place of history, pluralism, and an evolving culture. Ulster is divided into nine counties including the six that comprise Northern Ireland: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, as well as Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan of … [Read more...] about Exploring Ulster

A Forgotten Irish
Civil Rights Trailblazer

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By Tom DeignanIn 1957, Martin Luther King. Jr. paid a visit to a Tennessee community organizing camp where he heard Pete Seeger perform a revised version of an old gospel tune for the first time.Within a decade, “We Shall Overcome” would become an anthem for civil rights marchers from Birmingham to Belfast. Martin Luther King Day in the U.S. is a fitting time for the Irish on … [Read more...] about A Forgotten Irish
Civil Rights Trailblazer