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News Roundup February 5, 2022

Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter February 5, 2022

February 4, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Northern Ireland First Minister Resigns It’s been a week of shocking retirements from three time All Ireland champion Pádraic Maher to the GOAT of American football Tom Brady. However, the most shocking resignation came on Thursday: Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan. The move is thought to be part of the DUP’s response to the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was … [Read more...] about News Roundup February 5, 2022

The Peculiar Adventures of Irish Poets in America

October 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Dublin-born THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852) is still recognized as Ireland’s National Bard; he was once as famous a romantic poet as his best friend Lord Byron. While studying law in London in 1801 he published, anonymously, a book of naughty verses, The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little. The author was “the most licentious of modern versifiers,” thundered The Edinburgh … [Read more...] about The Peculiar Adventures of Irish Poets in America

“Forty Shades of Green” at 60

By Christine Kinealy, Contributor
October / November 2019

October 1, 2019 by 3 Comments

The iconic song about Ireland, written by country music legend Johnny Cash in 1969, is still popular today. When Cash visited Ireland in 1959, he was already a successful country musician, his hits including “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk the Line.” He came to Ireland, though, as a tourist. He later explained his inspiration for writing the song as, “I was in a car … [Read more...] about “Forty Shades of Green” at 60

Harrington to Play at Carnegie

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Dublin-born Gregory Harrington will become the first Irish violinist to play a full-length solo debut at Carnegie Hall on February 17th, 2003. Harrington, who is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, University College Dublin and the Mannes College of Music in New York, won an award organized by Artists International Presentations, Inc., that gives him the privilege … [Read more...] about Harrington to Play at Carnegie

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