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U.S. Pipe Band WinAll-Ireland Title

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2018/06/dave-lewis/">Dave Lewis</a>, Assistant Editor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/september-october-2018/">September / October 2018</a> Leave a Comment

The St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band from the Scots-Irish stronghold of Kearny, New Jersey made history when they became the first band outside of Ireland or the U.K. to win an All-Ireland Pipe Band Championship. In early July, the band competed in New Ross, County Wexford, against the best of the best in the 73rd annual All- Ireland Pipe Band Championship, and won out in … [Read more...] about U.S. Pipe Band WinAll-Ireland Title

December 8, 1831

James Hoban, the Kilkenny born architect who designed the U.S. White house, died on this day in 1831. Hoban worked in Ireland as a wheelright and carpenter until his early twenties, when he was given an advanced student placement at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School. He excelled in his studies and became an apprentice under Cork architect Thomas Ivory. After the American Revolutionary War, he immigrated to Philadelphia and established his own architecture firm. In July 1792 he was named winner of the design competition for the White house in the new capitol of Washington, D.C. He rebuilt the South Portico following the 1814 fire.

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