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THE BRIDGET H. MURRAY LIBRARY The Irish America archive library is dedicated in loving memory to Bridget H. Murray, An Ordinary Woman who Lived an Extraordinary Life. In 1938 Bridie Collier made the unaccompanied trip from Corofin, County Galway to New York at the age of 13. In her lifetime Bridie accomplished many things but her greatest accomplishment was her family of … [Read more...] about Irish America Archives

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The Light of Literacy

Submitted by Richard Roche, Dublin, Ireland
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The photograph published here shows the Scottish-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie laying the foundation stone of the new Waterford Free Library on 19 October 1903. Seen in the photograph also are the lord Mayor, the Town Clerk, the Librarian, John J. Morrin, and the members of Waterford Borough Council in full-dress uniform. Carnegie, born in Scotland … [Read more...] about Photo Album:
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PSNI investigating ‘critical incident’ after massive data breach that could pose risk to officers

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THE PSNI has launched an investigation after the force released a document containing details of all serving officers and staff. The spreadsheet was published on a legitimate Freedom of Information […]

Suspected Kinahan gang members charged with firearms offences

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THREE suspected members of the Kinahan organised crime group have been charged in Britain with firearms offences. It follows a major National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into a plot to […]

‘Our hearts are broken’: Community in mourning after girl, 8, dies in collision in Co. Antrim

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A GIRL has died and a child injured in a collision in Co. Antrim this morning. The incident occurred at around 11.40am in the High Street area Carrickfergus. The deceased […]

September 27, 2000

Thirty-three years after the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses was released, Ireland finally decided to lift the ban on the film. Many consider Joyce’s great novel to be “unfilmable.” However, Joseph Strick, an idealistic American director, decided to take up the project. His adaptation, much like the book, drew much controversy. Many scenes were cut at its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. In Ireland, film censors unilaterally banned the film saying that it was “subversive to public morality.” Ulysses was the second film to have the ban lifted, following Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in 1999.

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