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It is an absurdity beyond belief that the Irish language is not treated equally in Ireland's Northern Six Counties, yet that is the current...
Irish-American Heritage Month In Westchester
White Plains, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators kicked off Irish-American Heritage Month with a virtual ceremony on March 7th that highlighted...
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Mary Harris was born on May 1, 1837 in Inchigeelagh, County Cork, to tenant farmer Richard Harris and his wife Ellen Cotter.
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This Memorial Day, we pause to reflect the generations of American veterans stretching back to their first engagement at Lexington and Concord in 1775. From this earliest action to the present day, the Irish of the United States have...
On Sunday, May 21st at 1pm, the Rhode Island 1916 Commemoration Committee will unveil a plaque dedicated to the 1981 hunger strikers at the Famine Memorial site located along the Providence River Greenway. Speakers include Committee Chair James McGetrick,...
During the period of 1845-1850, over a million Irish people died of starvation and disease, while many more were forced to emigrate to faraway shores. The widespread starvation was caused by the feudal system the British government imposed, in...
This past week, the Republic of Ireland passed the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill which has brought the ire of free speech advocates, notably Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who described the legislation as...
On Tuesday, April 25, at 8pm, at American Legion McFadden Brothers Post (290 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn) the Brooklyn Gaelic League will host a lecture by Dr. Ruán O’Donnell, one of Ireland’s leading historians. O’Donnell will speak about Thomas...
United States President Joe Biden has been in Ireland for the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and to visit his ancestral homes in Dundalk, Co. Louth, and Ballina, Co. Mayo. At the University of Ulster Belfast campus...
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) was signed 25 years ago today, successfully bringing an end to much of the political violence of The Troubles, the release of political prisoners, and restoring a regional government for the North at Stormont....
Hibernians will follow a St. Patrick week of key meetings with Irish and British political leaders in Washington and New York, by presenting more than $160,000 dollars in Freedom for all Ireland (FFAI) grants this Saturday, April 1st. Ancient...
Each year around March 17, the name of St. Patrick appears in every major publication in the civilized world - sometimes with honor and sometimes with scorn - often due to the conduct of those who celebrate his memory...