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100 Years of Ireland at the Olympics

By Mary Cucinell
IA Newsletter, July 27, 2024

July 26, 2024 by 1 Comment

The eyes of the world were on Paris for the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony on Friday with 300,000 spectators expected to be in attendance and another 1.5 billion watching from around the world as Team Ireland sends its largest delegation of athletes. Paris 1924 In 1924, history unfolded at the Paris Olympics! For the very first time, an Irish delegation marched proudly … [Read more...] about 100 Years of Ireland at the Olympics

Irish Soccer Fans Receive Award for Good Behavior

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Fans of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland soccer teams were commended by the City of Paris for their displays of good sportsmanship during the 2016 Union of European Football Associations Championship. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said that both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland fans were awarded the Medal of the City of Paris for their “exceptional” behavior … [Read more...] about Irish Soccer Fans Receive Award for Good Behavior

Paris’s Irish Cultural Center

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by 7 Comments

Just around the corner from the Pantheon in Paris’s 5th Arrondissement is the former Collège des Irlandais, now the Irish Cultural Center (Le Centre Culturel Irlandais). Matthew Skwiat explores its storied past and current revival. Henry Miller once said “to know Paris is to know a great deal.” His words seemed to take on a whole new meaning once one has traveled to France. … [Read more...] about Paris’s Irish Cultural Center

Paris: The City of Lights Has a Brogue

By Nancy Griffin, Contributor
December / January 2005

December 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

The master of the steaming griddle performs theatrical flourishes while preparing crêpes or gallettes in the window of a crêperie. Waves of pure chocolate cascade over the multiple tiers of a brass melting device in the window of a chocolaterie; shiny golden alligators that turn out to be beautiful loaves of bread chase their tails in the window of an artisan … [Read more...] about Paris: The City of Lights Has a Brogue

Paris: The City of Lights
Has a Brogue

By Nancy Griffin, Contributor
December / January 2005

December 1, 2004 by 2 Comments

The master of the steaming griddle performs theatrical flourishes while preparing crêpes or galettes in the window of a crêperie. Waves of pure chocolate cascade over the multiple tiers of a brass melting device in the window of a chocolaterie; shiny golden alligators that turn out to be beautiful loaves of bread chase their tails in the window of an artisan … [Read more...] about Paris: The City of Lights
Has a Brogue

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