Kathy Hochul

Power Women Meet Designing Irish

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

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Irish America celebrated its 2018 Power Women in New York this spring with the induction of six phenomenal leaders of business, journalism, and politics. ℘℘℘ Irish America inducted six amazing women – three Irish-born and three Irish-American – into the magazine’s Power Women group on the morning of May 17. The gathering, at the Bank of Ireland Startlab in New York City, was … [Read more...] about Power Women Meet Designing Irish

October 25, 1818

On this day in 1818, Irish Opera singer Catherine Hayes was born in Limerick. Hayes had a house cleaning position at Lord Limerick’s house. There Dr. Knox, Bishop of Limerick for the Church of Ireland, overheard her singing. He launched her career and arranged her education. She went on to study in Paris and Milan for five years. Hayes made her debut at the Italian Opera in Marseilles in May of 1845. She became one of the most sought after opera singers in Europe. She returned to Ireland during the Great Famine and gave a performance of Bellini’s “La sonnambula” in Limerick at the Theater Royal. Catherine Hayes also gained much success after touring America. She was the great great aunt to Irish American actress and singer Helen Hayes.

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