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Out & About: Gaelic Sports Stars Take New York

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2017

December 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The biggest annual celebration of Gaelic games in the U.S. marked its fifth anniversary on October 6, when 500 guests packed into the gilded ballroom of New York’s Plaza Hotel for a gala dinner hosted by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA). The Master of Ceremonies was RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey, and a host of all-star players, male and female, were in attendance, including … [Read more...] about Out & About: Gaelic Sports Stars Take New York

40th Anniversary AIF Gala Raises $4.3 Million

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The 40th annual American Ireland Fund’s New York Dinner Gala raised $4.3 million this year, more than any in the Fund’s past. Over 1,000 guests attended the May event in New York City, including Ireland’s Minister for the Diaspora Jimmy Deenihan and Ireland’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anne Anderson. And special guest Senator George Mitchell was honored for his work in Northern … [Read more...] about 40th Anniversary AIF Gala Raises $4.3 Million

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Irish singer Bob Geldof, U2 lead singer Bono and several other members of an international lobby group called the Jubilee 2000 Coalition met with Pope John Paul II on this day in 1999. The group called for the cancellation of all third world debts by the year 2000. At this historical meeting, Pope John Paul II gave the group his endorsement and blessing in hopes that world leader’s would be motivated to do the same.

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