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Hibernia: Irish America

By Tom Deignan

December/ January 2021

September 17, 2021 by By Tom Deignan </br> <p></p> <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/jan-feb-2021-2/> December/ January 2021 </a> Leave a Comment

Kennedy History Unearthed From New York City to Limerick, we continue to discover more and more about Irish America’s famed Kennedy clan. According to the Irish Independent, a “crumbling stone ruin of a cottage belonging to John F. Kennedy’s ancestors was unearthed” in Bruff, Limerick, by workers clearing way for a new path. “The farmhouse was the residence of Mary … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish America

October 16, 1854

One of Ireland’s most famous playwrights and novelists, Oscar Wilde was born on this day in Dublin in 1854. Wilde was born to a wealthy family. His father was an eminent Dublin surgeon and his mother was a talented poet, where Wilde likely inherited his passion for writing from. He attended Trinity College Dublin and then went on to study at Magdalen College Oxford. His works, like the play “The Importance of Being Earnest” and novel “The Picture of Dorian Grey” are riddled with wit and aestheticism.

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