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The 2021 Presidential Distinguished Service Award Recipients

IA Newsletter December 11, 2021

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The recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2020 and 2021, were presented by President Higgins at a Ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin on 2nd December 2021. This is the tenth year in which recipients have received this award, which recognizes the contributions of members of the Irish diaspora who help build and expand Ireland's … [Read more...] about The 2021 Presidential Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Rebel With A Cause

October 2, 2021 Newsletter

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In a rare television interview from 1983, Michael Flannery speaks with Niall O'Dowd for a PBS show based in San Francisco called Irish Magazine. Michael Flannery fought in the Irish War of Independence. He joined the volunteers when he was 14 years of age. “I was as tall then as I am now, and no one asked,” Flannery says in this interview with Niall O’Dowd taped in … [Read more...] about Rebel With A Cause

35 Years: 1985-2020

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Looking back at Irish America’s premier issue we see that it set the tone for what was to come: a thorough investigation into what it means to be Irish American. Thirty-five years later, we are still answering that question and still pondering the answers. Enjoy these quotes compiled over 35 years. -The Irish America Team 1986 Tip O'Neill “Growing up as a youngster in … [Read more...] about 35 Years: 1985-2020

The First Word: There’s No Hope in History

By Patricia Harty ,Editor-in-Chief
Summer 2021

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“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Dear readers: We hope that you are enjoying a summer respite from the pandemic and reuniting with friends and family. We are living through strange and stressful times, to be sure, but I do not doubt that things will get better. History makes … [Read more...] about The First Word: There’s No Hope in History

The First Word: At Home in America

By Patricia Harty

January 2000

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It's Christmas Eve and the Brew and Burger on 47th Street where I work is crowded with last-minute shoppers and tired children brought in from the boroughs and New Jersey to see the tree at Rockefeller Center by irritated parents and young nannies with short skirts who look at their watches anxiously. I'm 21 years old, just out from Ireland a couple of months and homesick. For … [Read more...] about The First Word: At Home in America