Those We Lost Archive
David Trimble will rightfully go down in history as a courageous leader, irrespective of how …
Ever since we learned the shocking news on Wednesday last that Mick Moloney had suddenly …
Sean Kelly (1940 – 2022)
What can you say about someone who’s read Finnegan’s Wake—twice—then fearlessly …
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Farewell to a LegendJim Dwyer, a beloved figure and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter,columnist, and author, passed away at the age of 63 on October 8, 2020
By Niall O’Dowd It was fitting that in his last column for The New York Times on May 26th, Jim Dwyer wrote about the quiet heroism of his great grandmother in […]
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Mattie Maher(1939–2020) Irish bar owner Matthew (“Mattie”) Maher died in January, aged 80. The retired publican was a staple of McSorley’s Old Ale House, beloved for his affection for his […]
Those We Lost: Denis Kelleher
Irish America lost a beloved one of our own in late November with the passing of Denis Kelleher, a Kerry-born powerhouse of a businessman. Over the course of his 80 […]
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Ivan Cooper (1944 – 2019) Irish civil rights activist Ivan Cooper died in late June, aged 75. A founding member of Northern Ireland’s Social Democratic and Labour party, Cooper is […]
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Bill O’Donnell (1935 – 2019) Former newspaper reporter Bill O’Donnell died in April, aged 84. A beloved and dedicated member of the Irish community in Boston, O’Donnell proudly held dual […]
Those We Lost: Kevin Roche
Kevin Roche, the prominent Dublin-born, American architect who brought his modernist style to many significant buildings, passed away on Friday, March 1, at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, at the […]