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Sláinte! Hooray for St. Stephen and Up Sraid Eoin!

By Edythe Preet
December / January 2004

December 1, 2003 by By Edythe Preet<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2004-archive/december-january-2004/”>December / January 2004</a> Leave a Comment

I look forward to the Christmas holidays more than anyone I've ever known. In addition to the main events, my birthday falls smack dab in the middle between Christmas and the New Year. All my life I've heard people say, "Oh you poor dear." Even when I was a child, I thought those naysayers were clueless, because while most children get only one 24-hour period to enjoy their … [Read more...] about Sláinte! Hooray for St. Stephen and Up Sraid Eoin!

October 24, 1945

The United Nations was born in Washington, D.C. on this day in 1945. During a short ceremony, representatives from a total of 29 nations ratified the UN charter which declared that nations work together to uphold human rights and work together to overcome social, economic, humanitarian and political challenges. Formed in the wake of World War II, Ireland was at first denied access to the UN on the grounds that the country took a neutral stance during the war and did not aid the Allied forces. Ireland was accepted into the UN ten years later, in 1955. Although Ireland did not join NATO, they became an active nation, contributing Irish Defence Forces to UN peace-keeping missions in Congo, Cyprus, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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