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Whistling Straits to Host Ryder Cup

Summer 2021

September 3, 2021 by By <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/2011/12/patricia-harty/> Patricia Harty </a> ,Editor-in-Chief </br> <p></p> <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/2021-summer-issue/> Summer 2021 </a> Leave a Comment

The 17th green on The Straits, a par 3 There's a beautiful links golf course in Wisconsin called Whistling Straits, and it looks like it could be in Ireland. There’s a beautiful links golf course in Wisconsin called Whistling Straits, and it looks like it could be in Ireland. The 43rd Ryder Cup matches will be held on September 24 to 26, 2021, on the links-style course … [Read more...] about Whistling Straits to Host Ryder Cup

Earth Day, and the Irish American Who Started It

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April 21, 2017 by By Irish America Staff Leave a Comment

On April 22, 1970, millions of people participated in events across the country in the first celebration of Earth Day. According to a New York Times article about the event, more than 2,000 colleges participated, 10,000 K-12 schools, and a couple thousand towns. The wire services tallied the total participation at 20 million across the U.S. Today, Earth Day is the most widely … [Read more...] about Earth Day, and the Irish American Who Started It

October 21, 1904

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh was born in Co. Monaghan on this day in 1904. Kavanagh is perhaps most famous for his epic poem “The Great Hunger” which chronicles the desires of peasant farmer Patrick Maguire. Kavanagh is also well known for his poem “Raglan Road” which was eventually made into a song and set to the music “The Dawning of the Day” by Luke Kelly and The Dubliners. Poet Seamus Heaney has acknowledge that Kavanagh had a great influence on his own poems.

Whistling Straits to Host Ryder Cup

Earth Day, and the Irish American Who Started It

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