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Peter Barry dead at 88
Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Barry in his office in Dublin in 1986. EAMONN FARRELL/ROLLING NEWS.IE By Irish Echo Staff The former Tánaiste an...
August 26, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Quakers and the Famine explained
William J. Duffney By Irish Echo Staff It’s a line that most Irish remember from their school days. The Quakers, whoever they were, what with that ...
August 25, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Chicago’s Maggie McEldowney is the 2016 Rose
Maggie McEldowney’s winning moment with presenter Dáithí Ó Sé. RTE photo. By Irish Echo Staff The Windy City has a new rose by the name of Maggie M...
August 24, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irrefutably cool and modern
HamsandwicH is a band that keeps time with current musical innovations yet true to its Irish roots. By Colleen Taylor A couple years ago Hamsandwic...
August 24, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
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Pop up your own Irish pub
The local can be this local By Evan Short One of Ireland’s greatest exports is arguably the Irish Pub with even Kabul in Afghanistan boasting such ...
August 23, 2016
by Evan Short
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‘Authentic, rich in memorable detail’
Kathleen Donohoe. PHOTO BY BEOWULF SHEEHAN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When “We Are Not Ourselves” – a multi-generational novel about a...
August 22, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Film to cast new light on massacre
At the event in St. Mary's University College in Belfast headlined “Lessons from the Loughinisland Massacre” are (l-r) solicitor Niall Murphy, jour...
August 22, 2016
by Evan Short
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From Belfast, in LA, focused on Manchester
Soccer pundit Phil Brown (right) has launched new Manchester United podcast By Evan Short The Belfast man who has helped to spread the popularity o...
August 19, 2016
by Evan Short
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Lowell to discuss Rising, Somme
The center of Dublin in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. The stories and significance behind Ireland’s quest for independence, the movement’s co...
August 19, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Saratoga artist for heritage museum
By Irish Echo Staff The Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany will feature artist Greg Montgomery in a presentation and reception on Tuesday, Au...
August 18, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland rocked by Olympic scandal
Pat Hickey in Rio before his arrest. Inpho photo. By Evan Short The Irish Olympic delegation has been thrown into turmoil after the arrest of its m...
August 18, 2016
by Evan Short
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‘Top Cop’ John Timoney dead at 68
John Timoney By Ray O’Hanlon If the epitome of the Irish American cop was called up by central casting, John Timoney would have been ready to fill ...
August 17, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon