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From Whence I Came
The Kennedy Legacy,
Ireland and America

March 12, 2021 by Leave a Comment

St. Patrick's Day Book Launch Celebration Monday, March 15th at 2:00pm EST, 6:00pm Ireland on Zoom Join the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Consulate General of Ireland in Boston, and Embassy of Ireland, USA for a virtual 2021 St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. The program will honor the 40th anniversary of the … [Read more...] about From Whence I Came
The Kennedy Legacy,
Ireland and America

Greatest Irish Americans
Book Launch

By Irish America Staff
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan and actor Milo O'Shea were just two of the Irish luminaries who turned out to celebrate the launch of Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century edited by our own Patricia Harty. The event was hosted by Mutual of America in their beautiful Sky Club, 35 floors above Park Avenue in New York City. Several of the authors who contributed essays to the … [Read more...] about Greatest Irish Americans
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May 8, 1895

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was born Peter John Sheen in El Paso, Illinois, on this day in 1895. The Archbishop, who is often referred to as the first televangelist, was known for his preaching especially on radio. For 20 years he hosted The Catholic Hour on radio (1930-1950), which drew over four million listeners. In 1951 he moved to television presenting “Life is Worth Living” (1951-1957), and “The Fulton Sheen Show” (1961-1968). He received an Emmy for his work and was said to have had an audience of 30 million viewers. Sheen died in 1979 and is was buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Sheen’s cause for canonization was opened in 2002 and he is now referred to as a Servant of God.

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