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Saoirse

By Saoirse Kennedy Hill
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Saoirse, the only daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill and Paul Hill, tragically died on Thursday, August 1, 2019, of a suspected accidental overdose at her family’s compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She was a junior at Boston College. In this essay, published in February 2016 for the Deerfield Academy student newspaper, she wrote about dealing with … [Read more...] about Saoirse

Those We Lost

By Irish America Staff
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Robert Kennedy and Bill Barry hit it off they met in the FBI office in New York.

Recent passings in the Irish and Irish American communities. ℘℘℘ William “Bill” Barry 1927 – 2018 Bill Barry, who grabbed Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin’s gun and prevented many other deaths on that fateful night in 1968, passed away on October 9, at age 91 in his New York suburban home. To the end of his life, Bill unfairly blamed himself for what happened to Robert F. … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

Kerry Kennedy Visits New Ross

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Fans of Ireland, the U.S., and international politics descended upon the ancestral hometown of President John F. Kennedy, New Ross in County Wexford on September 6, as American human rights activist and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, officially opened the sixth annual Kennedy Summer School, and was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. The Irish America … [Read more...] about Kerry Kennedy Visits New Ross

Ripple of Hope

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

50 years of RFK's Human Rights Legacy Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights celebrates 50 years at its annual Ripple of Hope dinner on December 12 in New York. Every year it’s a gathering of activists, business leaders, policymakers, and celebrities to honor individuals who are advancing Robert F. Kennedy’s vision of a more just and peaceful world. The 2018 Ripple of Hope … [Read more...] about Ripple of Hope

First Word:
“Love More”

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2018

May 9, 2018 by 1 Comment

“Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.” — The definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams, 1931   In this issue we turn from the turmoil swirling around the world and focus on the people – past and present – who have hunkered … [Read more...] about First Word:
“Love More”

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