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GAA in the USA

By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 3 Comments

The Chicago Patriots and Austin Celtic Cowboys struggle for the ball during the Intermediate Football Final. (Photographs by David Morgan, Stylish Images)

The passion, competition, and camaraderie of supporters and players of Gaelic games were on display at the USGAA Finals in Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend. ℘℘℘ September is traditionally the last month of the GAA season as the best of the best in Ireland play each other in the All-Ireland Finals. September is also the time of USGAA Finals, a competition that pits the best … [Read more...] about GAA in the USA

The Hoboken Guards Take Senior Hurling Trophy

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

The Hoboken Guards of Hoboken, New Jersey won their first New York Senior Hurling Championship in August in New York’s Gaelic Park. They beat Tipperary New York by two goals and 29 points (2-29) to Tipperary’s two goals and 24 points (2-24.) (Each goal counts for three points. A point is scored over the bar.) The match, which was part of the New York Senior Hurling Club … [Read more...] about The Hoboken Guards Take Senior Hurling Trophy

The Apple of Molly’s Eye

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2005

December 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Molly Shannon, husband Fritz Chestnut, and one-year-old daughter Stella pose at the Big Apple Fest exhibit ar the Orchard Gallery in New York City in October. The first annual Fest planted 300 fiberglass apples around the city. After two months on the streets, the apples, painted by artists from around the world, were sold at auction with proceeds benefiting the Police Athletic … [Read more...] about The Apple of Molly’s Eye

New York’s Grand Marshal

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2004

April 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

When Thomas Gleason, 79, leads the St. Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue he will be following in his father's footsteps. His father, the late Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason, was Grand Marshal in 1983. A World War II veteran, Thomas Gleason joined the Marines at the end of 1941. He served in the Marshall Islands and the Marianas (from where the Army Air Corps' long-range bombers … [Read more...] about New York’s Grand Marshal

America’s Top Cop

By Tom Kelly, Contributor
February / March 2004

February 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

As Police Commissioner Ray Kelly rolls through the streets of Manhattan in the back seat of a black SUV he is fed a steady stream of information by his detail detective who rides shotgun. On this cold fall day there is the usual assortment of New York mayhem to report; a decomposed body has been found in a Queens park, a transit cop has twisted an ankle during a chase, a … [Read more...] about America’s Top Cop

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