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USS The Sullivans

News Roundup May 28, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter May 28, 2022

May 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Memorial Day: The Sullivan Brothers As the United States mourns the many fallen military personnel who have served the nation, Irish America remembers the Sullivan brothers who died during World War II. All five brothers had been serving aboard the USS Juneau when it was torpedoed by the Japanese on November 13, 1942. The brothers perished in the attack during the naval battle … [Read more...] about News Roundup May 28, 2022

News Roundup April 23, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment

2022 Global Irish Festival Series Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Mr. Colm Brophy T.D. undertook a two-day visit to New York on Monday 18th of April as part of a series of stops across North America to meet with Irish-American communities and to highlight the return of the Global Irish Festival Series. The Minister’s visit was an opportunity … [Read more...] about News Roundup April 23, 2022

The USS The Sullivans
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By Irish America Staff
December / January 2004

December 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

As part of the chain of festivals from Leitrim to Beara in the summer of 2003, a flotilla of naval ships arrived in Glengarriff, County Cork on August 29. Chief among the ships was the Naval destroyer USS The Sullivans, which moored near Castletownbere for the 400th anniversary of O'Sullivan Beara's historic march from Beara to County Leitrim. Donal Cam, chieftain of the … [Read more...] about The USS The Sullivans
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