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News Roundup April 2, 2022

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter April 2, 2022

March 31, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ireland Expels Four Russian Officials Four senior officials at the Russian Embassy in Dublin have been asked to leave Ireland, the Taoiseach confirmed this week. Micheál Martin informed the Dáil of the development, which came after security advised the Taoiseach on Monday. Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yuri Filatov had been summoned to a meeting at the Department of Foreign … [Read more...] about News Roundup April 2, 2022

Famine Commemorations Around the World

January 2000

July 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment

hibernia famine diary

The drive to commemorate the Great Famine and the global legacy of Irish immigration is swelling to massive proportions. Along with the new Irish Immigration postage stamp launched both in Ireland and the U.S. this year, and the increasing number of Irish Famine Curriculum Bills appearing before state legislatures, monuments commemorating the Famine and the Irish Diaspora are … [Read more...] about Famine Commemorations Around the World

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Mary O’Connell, famous American Civil War nurse, was born in Limerick on this day in 1814. After immigrating to the U.S. and being educated there, O’Connell became Sister Anthony, SC. On the battlefield, she became known as “the angel of the battlefield.” Aside from caring for soldiers, Sister Anthony was also recognized for her work during the yellow fever scare of 1877.

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