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Those We Lost

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2015-archive/august-september-2015/">August / September 2015</a> Leave a Comment

Joseph R. Biden III 1969 – 2015 Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III, former Attorney General of Delaware and eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, died late May after fighting a long battle with brain cancer. He was 46. Biden was first diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2013 and an abscess was removed at the time. But this past May, he was admitted to the Walter Reed National … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

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Mourning the Berkeley Tragedy

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June 19, 2015

June 19, 2015 by <br/>By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/adam-farley/">Adam Farley</a>, Deputy Editor<br/>June 19, 2015 Leave a Comment

This week, a tragedy of national proportion befell Ireland and Irish America. In the first morning hour of Tuesday, June 16th, a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, killing six Irish citizens, and critically injuring seven more who were standing on it at the time. Five of the dead were on short-term J-1 student work visas for the summer. The sixth was … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Mourning the Berkeley Tragedy

October 25, 1818

On this day in 1818, Irish Opera singer Catherine Hayes was born in Limerick. Hayes had a house cleaning position at Lord Limerick’s house. There Dr. Knox, Bishop of Limerick for the Church of Ireland, overheard her singing. He launched her career and arranged her education. She went on to study in Paris and Milan for five years. Hayes made her debut at the Italian Opera in Marseilles in May of 1845. She became one of the most sought after opera singers in Europe. She returned to Ireland during the Great Famine and gave a performance of Bellini’s “La sonnambula” in Limerick at the Theater Royal. Catherine Hayes also gained much success after touring America. She was the great great aunt to Irish American actress and singer Helen Hayes.

Those We Lost

Weekly Comment:
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