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Weekly Comment: Ireland’s Good Friday Alcohol Ban Has Been Lifted

By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
March 30, 2018

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Alcohol can be served for the first time since 1927 on Good Friday in Ireland this year. ℘℘℘ Finding a pint of plain on Good Friday in one of the Republic of Ireland’s world-famous pubs has been nigh impossible (legally) for 90 years. That changed on January 31 of this year, when Irish president Michael D. Higgins signed an amendment to the 1927 Intoxicating Liquor Act into law … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Ireland’s Good Friday Alcohol Ban Has Been Lifted

Treacy Hats Take Manhattan

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

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Irish-born hat maker, Philip Treacy, who has long been turning heads in Europe with his beautiful creations, was the toast of New York in April. Celebrities turned out in force for a bash at Manhattan department store Bergdorf Goodman to don the season's most sought-after Easter bonnets from the master milliner who's based in London. The bash was hosted by socialite Cornelia … [Read more...] about Treacy Hats Take Manhattan