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Irish Designer Clodagh Wins Humanitarian Award

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
December / January 2017

December 2, 2016 by </a> By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2017-archive/december-january-2017/">December / January 2017</a> 1 Comment

American-based Irish designer Clodagh received the prestigious Manfred Steinfeld Humanitarian Award in November for her work with the Thorn Tree Project in Kenya. The award, given by Hospitality Design magazine, is given to the industry figure who has demonstrated extraordinary humanitarian spirit. Clodagh, who was born in Cong, County Mayo, has been involved with the Thorn … [Read more...] about Irish Designer Clodagh Wins Humanitarian Award

September 19, 1880

The term “boycotting”- a form of non-violent protesting – entered the English language on this day in 1880. Coined by Charles Stewart Parnell in his speech on land tenants at Ennis, he said, “I wish to point out a better way, a more Christian way which will give the lost man an opportunity of repenting. When a man takes a farm from which another has been evicted, you must shun him on the roadside, on the streets, in the shop and even in the place of worship by putting him in a ‘moral Coventry.’ You must show him your detestation of the crime he has committed.”

Irish Designer Clodagh Wins Humanitarian Award

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