Peter Nolan

Peter Nolan is a first generation native New Yorker from a staunchly GAA family. Peter covered the NY GAA first for the Irish Voice and then for several years at the Irish Echo. He went on to cover the United States Men's National Team in World Cup Qualifiers from Columbus, Ohio to Mexico City's famous Azteca Stadium, also reporting on United States Women's National soccer teams matches across the United States. Peter's work recently appeared in the Irish Best selling compilation, "Grassroots, Stories from the Heart of the GAA."

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Watching the Americans Watching the Americans
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Inspired by Frederick Douglass, Western Mass College Pres eyes Irish contacts
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New York V.C. Michael Flannery is set to rebuild economic bridge to resurgent Belfast
Back in the mid-1990s, Michael Flannery was instrumental in smoothing the way for Northern Ireland companies to set up in New York City through his...
World Cup 'helped my confidence' World Cup 'helped my confidence'
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Doing the Lord's Work Spreading Irish Citizenship Opportunity in Philly
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Doing the Lord's Work Spreading Irish Citizenship Opportunity in Philly
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Here comes the judge? Brehon Lawyer Lyons in Running for Bench Role
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Meet the Irish midwife unlocking the superpower of women
How does one become the Nurse of the Year? After all, there are a lot of nurses. Well, for Dublin born Dr. Sally McNally it began when, inspired by...
Meet the New Yorker who threw up comfortable Big Apple career to help Ukraine's terrorized children
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Meet the New Yorker who threw up comfortable Big Apple career to help Ukraine's terrorized children
Just about a year ago things were going pretty well professionally for Kevin McCabe Jr. Since 2012 the Queens native had been working his way up th...

 

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