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The Orange Legacy in New York
In the 1790s, rural County Armagh was a hotbed of Protestant and Catholic sectarianism. Friction between the two groups culminated in a fierce pitched...
Irish Government Clarifies Indoor Dining Plans
Previously the Irish government pushed the date for reopening indoor dining back from July 5 to July 19. When this delay was announced, it...
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The Fenian Who Got The Star Spangled Banner To Be Our...
You have probably heard the story about how Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry during...
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A Forgotten Holiday: Evacuation Day
Evacuation Day
The last day of the American War for Independence was November 25, 1783, when, after an occupation of over seven years, the British...
New Restrictions Announced In Ireland
Less than a month after restrictions on nightclubs were lifted, a curfew has been put back in place by the Dublin government amidst rising...
Remembering Augustine E. Costello & The Voyage Of Erin’s Hope
Augustine E. Costello was born in Killimor, Co. Galway in 1846. Little is known of his early childhood years, which were lived during the...
Bronx Hibernians Set To Honor Community Leaders
Former Congressman Eliot Engel, Danny O’Connell (National AOH President), Nuala Purcell (Irish community photographer and County Tipperary Association President) and Michael Shanley (Irish Northern Aid, representing American...
Why Does Ireland Have Juryless Courts?
Article 38, Section 5 of the Irish Constitution provides for trial by jury for those accused of criminal charges. This article applies except for...
The Celtic Origins Of Halloween
Halloween – Oíche Shamhna
The term “Halloween” is a short Christian way of saying, The Eve of All Hallows. The business of creatures from the...
The “Voice From The Tomb” Calls Again
In his famous "Voice From The Tomb" letter of 1873 to John Devoy in New York, a Fenian prisoner in Freemantle, Western Australia, James...
Gaeilgoirs Stage Protest At NYC British Embassy
The Kathleen and Thomas Clarke Chapter of the Gaelic League, Cumann Cháitlín agus Thomáis Uí Chléirigh / Conradh na Gaeilge, staged a protest over...
Why Is Quinnipiac University Closing Their Great Hunger Museum?
The Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University is an incomparable source of information and artifacts from the 1845-1850 era in Ireland, referred to incorrectly...
New Rochelle’s Irish Weekend October 15-17
New Rochelle is going to be embracing its Irish roots throughout the weekend of October 15th to the 17th.
On October 15th the New Rochelle...
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