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First Soldier Arrested for 1972
Bloody Sunday Deaths

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

This past November, detectives in County Antrim arrested a former British soldier who was involved in 1972’s Bloody Sunday. The arrest was the first made in connection with the incident, which claimed the lives of 14 civil rights protesters in Derry nearly 44 years ago. The man was arrested and held and questioned at a police station before being released on bail. Since the … [Read more...] about First Soldier Arrested for 1972
Bloody Sunday Deaths

Flax Trust Honors James Nesbitt, John Kelly

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Flax Trust honored James Nesbitt, actor and chancellor of Ulster University, and John Kelly, a partner at Hanover Stone Partners LLC, at its 21 Club Banquet on October 7. It was the organization’s 25th annual New York event, and a packed audience were in attendance. The Trust, formed in Belfast in 1977, is committed to the reconciliation of a divided community through … [Read more...] about Flax Trust Honors James Nesbitt, John Kelly

John Kelly’s Irish Landscapes

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment

World-renowned Irish-Australian-British artist John Kelly makes his U.S. debut in New York City through mid-October, bringing his stark land and seascape paintings and several small sculptures to a whole new audience. Born in 1965 to an Irish father and English mother in the U.K., his family immigrated to Australia when he was six months old and he grew up there. He moved to … [Read more...] about John Kelly’s Irish Landscapes

Graduated at 94

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

John Kelly, 94 year old University graduate.

John Kelly, 94, a retired postal worker, finally graduated from college 26 years after first enrolling in classes. Kelly, a widower, who earned his bachelor's degree from the StateUniversity of New York at Brockport, joked, "I started a long time ago, about the dawn of history. I took it one course at a time. I wasn't thinking at all about getting a degree, until the degree … [Read more...] about Graduated at 94

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Today in History

January 30, 1972

On this day in 1972, great tragedy struck Derry, Northern Ireland in an event which history would remember as Bloody Sunday. Twenty-six unarmed protesters were shot by the British Army during a Nothern Ireland Civil Rights Association march. A total of fourteeen were killed, the marjority of whom were under the age of 25 at the time. The tragedy was highly publicized due to the military involvement and was responsible for turning the gaze of the world to the conflict. Often considered the pivotal event on the conflict known as the Troubles, Bloody Sunday is a day that lives in infamy in for all in the British Isles.

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