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Hate Speech and the Death of Free Speech
The Gaelic American has previously reported on Ireland’s moves towards official censorship through hate speech legislation. Our previous article explained that Irish republicans faced official censorship in Ireland for many years, and the latest legislation is a modernization of that trend. Censorship and the Dignam caseCapitalizing on the riot in Dublin on Thursday night, Irish leader Leo Varadkar has claimed...
Waking Tour: New York and the Irish Language
On Saturday November 18th, the Brooklyn Gaelic League / Cumann Chaitlin agus Thomais Ui Chleirigh will host a walking tour on the history of New York City and the Irish Language. The tour will begin at 1pm in front of the South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street. This tour will be given in English about the Irish language,...
NIFC Fenian Commemoration 2023
The National Irish Freedom Committee / Cumann na Saoirse Náisiúnta will host the 2023 Annual Fenian Republican Commemoration at the Fenian Monument in Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside (Queens), NY 11377, on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:00 am. All Irish Republicans and supporters are welcome to attend. The monument is in 2nd Calvary, Section 16, Range 24, Plot A,...
Sean Tallon GAA Tournament 2023
Sean Tallon, a son of Irish immigrants, grew up in St. Barnabas Parish in Woodlawn/Yonkers, and graduated from Iona College in 1996. Sean was proud of his Irish heritage - he often played trad tunes on his button accordion. He achieved his dreams of joining the United States Marine Corps, and later the Fire Department of New York. On 9/11/01,...
Oiche Shamhna – Halloween
The first day of November is the first day of the New Year on the ancient Celtic calendar – its name: Samhain (pronounced sow-un). Samhain was the feast, which bonfires marked the coming of the New Year, and the completion of the harvest. Long before the time of Christ, it was the single most important feast day for Celts...
Irish Language Mass at St. Barnabas 2023
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will join with Gaelic Societies, Irish Community groups and the parishioners of St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church to host the annual Irish language Mass on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:30 pm. The mass will be said by Fr. Brendan Fitzgerald. The Mass will be held in the Main Church on Martha Avenue near East...
In Memoriam: Kevin McCormack
Kevin Patrick McCormack (58), member of Ancient Order of Hibernian Division 8, Selden, went to his eternal reward on October 8, 2023. An award-winning piper with the Roisin Dubh, Iona College and Inis Fada Gaelic Pipe Bands before helping to form Siol na hEireann Irish Pipe Band as a member/instructor. He served as an officer of Division 8, President...
NYPD Honors William McAuliffe
Originally from Meelin, County Cork, William McAuliffe was born in 1879, the fifth of seven children born to Timothy and Hanora McAuliffe. At the time, British rule of Irish farms and industries resulted in few economic opportunities for young local men like William. So, like many men of his generation, McAuliffe immigrated from Ireland to New York in 1902. Generations...
Iona’s Memorable 83rd Birthday
It was on this day last year that Iona College announced it was becoming a university. Today, the 83rd anniversary of Iona University’s founding, it was announced by President Seamus Carey that Iona had purchased a 400-acre estate at Westport House in County Mayo, Ireland. A stunning landscape on the Wild Atlantic Way, this is another addition to the...
Robert Emmet Commemorations 2023
As of writing, there are three Robert Emmet commemorations planned in the Virginia/D.C. area: Irish-American Unity Conference is hosting at the D.C. Emmet Statue (Mass. Ave. & 24th St. NW) on Sept. 17 at 11:30am, with speaker Dennis Brownlee of the African American Irish Diaspora Network. The AOH/LAOH and Irish Cultural Society of Virginia are hosting at Park Lane Tavern...
