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Back to Your Future

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

As the Irish economy continues to rise, the government is campaigning in the United States to fill thousands of job openings. On St. Patrick's weekend they will hold a two-day recruitment exhibition in New York. "We're selling Ireland. We're saying to people come back. We're not saying you're going to get what you're getting in the US. But you're going to get quality of … [Read more...] about Back to Your Future

Grampa’s Story

By Theodore T. Ott, Jr., Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

My grandfather, Denis A. Lyons, was my best friend and playmate. He used to spend many hours with me trying to support and mold my forming personality. As is the tradition among the Irish, he used stories to illustrate whichever point he was trying to make. He told me many, many stories but only one has remained with me in its entirety all these many years later. It must have … [Read more...] about Grampa’s Story

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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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