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How Name Changing Hid a Heritage

By Megan Smolenyak

November 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Barry Manilow. Yes, I know, most think of him as a Jewish fellow from Brooklyn – and he is. But he’s also a quarter Irish, and due to certain circumstances in his family, that Irish share has had a disproportionate influence on his family tree. - Megan Smolenyak Name Changing Though he wouldn’t have known it, when Barry changed surnames, he was the third generation … [Read more...] about How Name Changing Hid a Heritage

Hero Pilot Visits His Irish Cousins

By Brian Rohan
July/August 1995

May 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment

All of America was waiting for the heroic return of Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady, plucked from Bosnian Serb territory on June 8th, but O'Grady wanted to make one quick stopover -- at Shannon Airport, in the west of Ireland. "Ireland is my second home," O'Grady, aged 29, told reporters after touching down on Sunday morning, June 10. "What a thrill this is. I consider myself … [Read more...] about Hero Pilot Visits His Irish Cousins

Black Irish Celebration

By Irish America Staff
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

An extraordinary gathering of Irish and African-American leaders took place at the Irish Consulate in New York on Wednesday night, February 26, 2020 to celebrate Black History Month. Irish Consul General Ciarán Madden called together leaders in the Irish and African-American communities who shared Irish heritage to create new links and forge a new organization. In his … [Read more...] about Black Irish Celebration

Landmarks Tell The Boston Irish Story

By Michael Quinlin, Contributor
February / March 2020

February 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Pictured above: The Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. You aren't in Boston long before realizing what an Irish city it is: Logan Airport, Callahan Tunnel, the McCormack, Kennedy, Moakley and O'Neill federal buildings, plus numerous parks, boulevards and squares honoring Irish … [Read more...] about Landmarks Tell The Boston Irish Story

Roots: O’Treasaigh, Tracy, Tracey, Treacy

By Gregory Chestler, Editorial Assistant
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by 10 Comments

The Irish Tracey (Tracy, Treacy, Treacey) comes from the historic sept of the Ó Treasaigh; however, the name originally stems from the word treasach, meaning war-like, fighter, more powerful, or superior. Although the surname O’Tracy is rooted in the ancient and noble English family from Saxon ancestry, many of the Anglo-Irish Tracys (Ó Treasaigh) were from County Limerick. … [Read more...] about Roots: O’Treasaigh, Tracy, Tracey, Treacy

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Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, a prominent Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, passed away in New York on June 29, 1915. Born in Co. Cork, Rossa was arrested and in 1865. He was charged with planning a Fenian Rising. He served out his sentence in England and after realizing he could not return to Ireland in exile, Rossa moved to the U.S. where he joined Clan Na Gael and the Fenian Brotherhood. A memorial to Rossa Stands in St. Stephen’s Green.

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