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Business 100 Winter Issue 2025 Arts Christy Moore

‘From that Small Island’ 

By Irish America Staff

Winter 2025

January 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Wins Outstanding International Documentary Award at Newport Beach Film Festival An Irish documentary, From that Small Island: The Story of the Irish, won a  major prestigious award at the Newport Beach International Film Festival, where it had its North American Premiere in October.  The feature-length film, which received the Outstanding International Documentary Award, is … [Read more...] about ‘From that Small Island’ 

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Kilkenny born Edmund Rice opened up his first school in Waterford on August 15th of 1803. Originally a makeshift school for poor boys held in a converted stable on New Street, Rice was forced to move to a more permanent location as the school began to grow. On August 15th, Mount Sion Primary School welcomed its first students. This would be the first school of many future Christian Brothers schools, which are located around the world. In 1906, the first Christian Brothers school was opened in New York City.

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