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Decades of Irish Dance: Celebrating Patsy McLoughlin

By Kristin McGowan, Contributor
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by 2 Comments

Irish dancing is a very important part of the heritage and culture of Ireland and the Irish-American community, and no one knows that better than Patsy McLoughlin. Patsy Early McLoughlin founded her school of Irish dance in 1968 in Inwood, New York, and now, 50 years later, she still teaches her students that Irish dance is as much about family and friendship as it is about … [Read more...] about Decades of Irish Dance: Celebrating Patsy McLoughlin

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Sean MacBride, son of Major John MacBride and Yeats’s muse Maud Gonne, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in 1974. He was recognized as a man who “mobilised the conscience of the world in the fight against injustice.” MacBride had served as President of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland and served as President of the Commission of Namibia, United Nations, New York, USA. MacBride would also receive the Lenin Peace Prize in 1975.

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