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March April 1994

Irish Roots: Quinn, Quinlan and Quigley

By James G. Ryan

March/April 1994

March 17, 1994 by Leave a Comment

Although the Irish language, or Gaelic, does not have a letter "Q," the distinctive sound of the accented "C" in some Gaelic names has caused them to be anglicized phonetically with this sound. Examples include Quinn, Quinlan, and Quigley, none of which are connected other than by their initial letter. Quinn is perhaps the most common of these names. It is derived from the … [Read more...] about Irish Roots: Quinn, Quinlan and Quigley

Sláinte!: Saint Patrick

By Edythe Preet, Contributor
April / May 2014

March 12, 1994 by Leave a Comment

It is perhaps a love of words that endears the Irish to Saint Patrick.  Son of a West Britain Roman family, at age sixteen Patrick was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. Six years later he escaped, fled to the coast, and was hired on as kennel master to a German boat that was transporting Irish wolfhounds to the continent. After many hardships, he at last … [Read more...] about Sláinte!: Saint Patrick

Spiral, Spiral Night & Other Paintings

By Robert F. Manning

March/April 1994

March 9, 1994 by Leave a Comment

Robert Manning lives in Vermont. His many trips to Ireland resulted in an exhibit of his paintings: "Stone Walls of Ireland", which ran at the Arts Work Gallery in Hartford, Connecticut. Proleek Dolmen "This spectacular dolmen just out of Dundalk sits in a potato field behind a hotel now and it looks like some giant mushroom. The stones on top are there because of a … [Read more...] about Spiral, Spiral Night & Other Paintings

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April 11, 1971

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ended its long-held ban on members playing or attending “foreign” sports games such as soccer and rugby on April 11, 1971. The most notable controversy surrounding the ban took place in 1938, when Douglas Hyde, then President of Ireland, was suspended as a Patron of the Association after he attended an international soccer match in Dalymount Park, Dublin. He was later re-admitted in a vote of 120 – 11 at the GAA’s 1939 Annual Congress. The lifting of the ban also resulted in Croke Park, Dublin’s large GAA staduim, being permitted to host foreign games.

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