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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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July 7, 1816

On this day in 1816, Dublin born playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan died in London. Sheridan was a member of the British House of Commons and is best remembered for his plays “A Trip to Scarborough,” “The Rivals,” and “The School for Scandal.” He was very well respected by his contemporaries and is buried at the Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey.

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