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Business 100 Winter 2025 Arts Malachy M cCourt Virginia Evans

Hibernia: An Irish Christmas “King”

By Irish America Staff

Winter 2025

January 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

A recent Financial Times article noted that one of  the most popular Christmas carols in history was written by “a journalist-turned-clergyman” with “an Irish father who became the Bishop of Vermont.” The song is “We Three King,”  which the newspaper called the “first American carol to achieve global success.” The author was John Henry Hopkins Jr., born in Pittsburgh to an … [Read more...] about Hibernia: An Irish Christmas “King”

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June 25, 1970

The ban restricting Catholics from attending Trinity College Dublin is finally lifted on this day in 1970. Through the help of the then Archbishop of Dublin John McQuaid, the Roman Catholic church removes its policy of disapproval or even excommunication for Catholics who enrolled at Trinity College without the proper permission. Authorities at the school also allow for a Catholic chaplain to be based at the college.

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