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A Visit to the Irish America Hall of Fame

By Irish America Staff
March / April 2020

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The Irish America Hall of Fame is fast becoming a travel destination in Ireland. The Hall of Fame is housed at the Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience in New Ross, County Wexford. The ship, open for tours, is an exact replica of a sailing ship of that name that ferried thousands of Irish to America during the Great Hunger. New Ross is also the port from which Patrick Kennedy set … [Read more...] about A Visit to the Irish America Hall of Fame

Our Jack Pete Hamill writes on JFK, our Irish American of the Century

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Somewhere in the shadowy land between myth and history lies the domicile of John F. Kennedy. The first United States president of Irish-Catholic descent, Kennedy was a man of many faces: war hero, orator, lover, creator, and visionary. He had it all, and it was all taken away, but in the end he gained immortality. ℘℘℘ That day I was in Ireland, in the dark, hard northern city … [Read more...] about Our Jack Pete Hamill writes on JFK, our Irish American of the Century

Our Jack Pete Hamill on JFK

By Pete Hamill

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Somewhere in the shadowy land between myth and history lies the domicile of John F. Kennedy. The first United States president of Irish-Catholic descent, Kennedy was a man of many faces: war hero, orator, lover, creator, and visionary. He had it all, and it was all taken away, but in the end he gained immortality. ℘℘℘ That day I was in Ireland, in the dark, hard northern city … [Read more...] about Our Jack Pete Hamill on JFK