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Irish Americans Honored in New Ross

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2019

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The Hall of Fame, Kennedy Summer School, and the opening of a Savannah exhibit all happened in New Ross in early September.  ℘℘℘ Two Americans with connections to New Ross were inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in County Wexford in September. Dr. Frank Rossiter, a pioneering Savannah doctor, and the late John McShain, a philanthropist who donated vast … [Read more...] about Irish Americans Honored in New Ross

Saoirse

By Saoirse Kennedy Hill
August / September 2019

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Saoirse, the only daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill and Paul Hill, tragically died on Thursday, August 1, 2019, of a suspected accidental overdose at her family’s compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She was a junior at Boston College. In this essay, published in February 2016 for the Deerfield Academy student newspaper, she wrote about dealing with … [Read more...] about Saoirse

Ripple of Hope

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

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50 years of RFK's Human Rights Legacy ℘℘℘ Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights celebrates 50 years at its annual Ripple of Hope dinner on December 12 in New York. Every year it’s a gathering of activists, business leaders, policymakers, and celebrities to honor individuals who are advancing Robert F. Kennedy’s vision of a more just and peaceful world. The 2018 Ripple of Hope … [Read more...] about Ripple of Hope

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

By Pete Hamill, Contributor

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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