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News Roundup May 21, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter May 21, 2022

May 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment

U.S. Officials Seek to Protect Good Friday Agreement House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal will lead a bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation to Ireland this weekend. The delegates will participate in bilateral meetings focused on strengthening transatlantic trade relations, with additional visits to Brussels and Britain to deepen US-EU and US-UK strategic … [Read more...] about News Roundup May 21, 2022

The Clunes’
American Adventure

By Kelly Candaele, Contributor
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Gordon and Adrienne Clune (back) with their three children (left to right) Aine, Justin and Conor with niece Tracy (right) on their 1883 dress.

An Irish American family go back to 1883 to discover what's most important in the present. ℘℘℘ What could be more parental than to wish to show your children how good they have it today? To take your family into the past and give them a taste of real life, when necessity stared you straight in the face and your mettle was tested by the sometimes–cruel vicissitudes of … [Read more...] about The Clunes’
American Adventure

Dreaming of Freedom

By Michelle McDonagh, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

A new exhibit in Boston traces the city's history as a gateway to the United States and freedom. A state-of-the-art multimedia exhibition honoring Boston's diverse mix of immigrants has opened to the public at the city's new $3 million Dreams of Freedom Center. Located at One Milk Street, the birth site of Benjamin Franklin Dreams of Freedom invites visitors to take a … [Read more...] about Dreaming of Freedom

Film Forum: The Patriot

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Round two of Mel Gibson's war with the British. ℘℘℘ Jack L. Warner once said he hated the kind of movie in which the hero "writes with a feather." Hollywood's aversion to the quaint details of a distant historical period helps account for the scarcity of films dealing with the American Revolutionary War. But reluctance to alienate Great Britain probably had more to do with … [Read more...] about Film Forum: The Patriot

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Today in History

July 5, 1896

Bill Doolin, famous western outlaw of Irish descent, escaped from jail on this day in 1896. Born in Arkansas, Doolin went west and worked several jobs as a cowboy on Oklahoma ranches. He eventually became a member of the Dalton gang, who attempted several robberies. In 1892, Doolin formed his own gang called the Wild Bunch, which became the most infamous outlaw group of the west at that time. Doolin was eventually shot and killed by U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas.

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