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Boston has top-notch events
Published in the April 8-14, 2026 issue of the Irish Echo. Boston has very much an embarrassment of traditional music riches these days. Sometimes ...
April 16, 2026
by Daniel Neely
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Ewe First
Pic of Day: It's not just fuel protestors blocking Irish roads. It’s that time of year when spring lambs are given the freedom of the Curragh Plain...
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Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
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Ewe First
Pic of Day: It's not just fuel protestors blocking Irish roads. It’s that time of year when spring lambs are given the freedom of the Curragh Plain...
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Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
If you are calculating the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue that standout day is today, Thursday April 16. That is if you are in New York, B...
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Belfast Harbour On Course to be One of the UK's Fastest Growing Ports
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April 16, 2026
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Boston has top-notch events
Published in the April 8-14, 2026 issue of the Irish Echo. Boston has very much an embarrassment of traditional music riches these days. Sometimes ...
April 16, 2026
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A trio of Citrus Delights
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Belfast Harbour On Course to be One of the UK's Fastest Growing Ports
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April 16, 2026
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CHICAGO CALLING: Liam Stanton
Just like Dr. King, I have a dream. My dream is an Irish American Catholic mayor for our great city of Chicago. I dream of our city governed by som...
April 13, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
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BOOKS: Catalpa Rescue was Irish America's coming of age
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April 09, 2026
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Yonkers seeking new stars
Lansdowne Yonkers, whose latest victory last weekend kept them in the hunt for honors in the American Premier Soccer League [APSL], have bagged man...
April 15, 2026
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Cork have unfinished business vs. Tipperary
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