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Irish American Partnership Announces $1m Gift to the Peter McVerry Trust
A classroom at one of the Peter McVerry Trust's learning centers By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Boston-based American Partnership, in association wi...
February 17, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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An Early Spring Day
Blue skies at St. Bridget’s Well, Loughminane, County Kildare. Legend has it that when 18 bishops visited, St. Brigid prayed for more milk and an a...
February 16, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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McDonald Backs U.S. Special Envoy Appointment
Mary Lou McDonald. RollingNews.ie photo By Anthony Neeson Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has thrown her support behind the growing calls for...
February 16, 2021
by Anthony Neeson
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Adrian Rayward, 85
Adrian Rayward Adrian Rayward, Bronx, New York, 85 years of age, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2021 with his family by his side. Adrian wa...
February 15, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Teeth Of the Beast
Like the gaping teeth of a prehistoric beast, icicles present a terrifying image in the freezing conditions currently prevailing in the Wicklow Mou...
February 12, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Old love letters inspire to this day
Liz Maguire with some of her letters. Photo by Rafal Kostrzew By Liz Maguire Letter writing has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last year. I...
February 12, 2021
by Liz McGuire
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Sunset On Snow
It's turning into a relatively snowy winter in Ireland but for a time on a recent afternoon the sun warmed up snow covered Lugnaquilla in Wicklow, ...
February 11, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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New York Irish legislators endorse N.I. Special Envoy call
The powerful American-Irish Legislators Society in Albany, NY, has rowed in behind the campaign to have President Biden appoint a peace and economi...
February 11, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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If Invited Martin Will Come To D.C.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin. RollingNews.ie photo By Irish Echo Staff Taoiseach Micheál Martin is not quite at the point of packing his overnight bag ...
February 11, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Toronto Deputy Chief is Garda Deputy Commissioner
Shawna Coxon, Deputy Police Chief in Toronto, is packing her bags for Ireland after she was named to one of the two Deputy Commissioner posts in An...
February 10, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Foreign Relations Chair Menendez Supports Envoy Appointment
Senator Bob Menendez By Ray O'Hanlon The prospects of the appointment of a U.S. envoy to the Northern Ireland peace and political process has been ...
February 10, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Frederick Douglass travels 'home' to Ireland
Frederick Douglass in the 1840s By James Brosnahan and Dan VanDeMortel In honor of February’s annual Black History month we celebrate the meaningfu...
February 10, 2021
by By James Brosnahan and Dan VanDeMortel