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A Building in Commissioner Kelly’s Name

February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

New York City Police Commiss-ioner Ray Kelly is to have a building at his alma mater Manhattan College named in his honor. The commissioner, the grandson of Irish immigrants, graduated from Manhattan College in 1963. Kelly was the guest of honor at the building’s groundbreaking ceremony on December 13. The five-story, 70,000 square-foot  Raymond W. Kelly ’63 Student Commons, … [Read more...] about A Building in Commissioner Kelly’s Name

The Irish Coppers

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2012

September 25, 2012 by 7 Comments

The evolution of the Irish-American policeman – in real life and on screen. In the classic 1954 Looney Tunes cartoon entitled “Bugs and Thugs,” everybody’s favorite animated rabbit gets himself caught up with Rocky and Mugsy, a couple of bank robbers who flee the scene of the crime and head off to a rural safe house. Soon enough, Bugs Bunny fakes the sound of a police siren … [Read more...] about The Irish Coppers

2012 Hall of Fame Highlight Reel

March 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Among the inductees were Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Commissioner Ray Kelly, John Lahey, Tom Moran and Kevin Roche. Maureen Dowd of the New York Times also presented the Irish Spirit Award to Arthur & Barbara Gelb. … [Read more...] about 2012 Hall of Fame Highlight Reel

2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Highlights

March 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Among the inductees were Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Commissioner Ray Kelly, John Lahey, Tom Moran and Kevin Roche. Maureen Dowd of the New York Times also presented the Irish Spirit Award to Arthur & Barbara Gelb.   … [Read more...] about 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Highlights

NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame

March 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

At the 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, presented by Irish America magazine, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. He took time in his speech to acknowledge the heroics of Irish-American detectives Kevin Brennan and Kevin Herlihy. The induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht … [Read more...] about NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame

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Today in History

March 23, 1847

On this day in 1847, the Choctaw Native American tribe collected money to help starving victims of the Irish potato famine. Several years before, in 1831, President Andrew Jackson seized Choctaw territory in what is now southeastern Mississippi and parts of Alabama, forcing the Choctaw to travel five hundred miles along the “Trail of Tears” to reserved Indian Territory in Oklahoma. The Choctaw people sympathized with Ireland’s forced submission to Britain, and with the starvation and disease that plagued them. A group of Choctaws gathered in Scullyville, Oklahoma and raised $170, which they then forwarded to a U.S. famine relief organization. Though U.S. contribution in aid to Ireland totaled in the millions, the Choctaw donation was by far the most generous.

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