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Meanwhile, in Montserrat
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Meanwhile, in Montserrat
Known as "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean," Montserrat is the only country outside Ireland where St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday. The week-...
St. Patrick's Day the sober way
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St. Patrick's Day the sober way
Fionnuala Flanagan is lined up for the "Sober St Patrick's Day" celebration at Regis High School in Manhattan. Sobriety and St. Patrick's Day is no...
Clannad for 21 on 17
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Clannad for 21 on 17
[caption id="attachment_70281" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Moya Brennan."][/caption] Clannad's 40th anniversary performance "Live at C...
Aisling, local businesses, help seniors
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Aisling, local businesses, help seniors
The Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers is providing free weekly luncheons for local senior citizens every Tuesday beginning this month. Acco...
Sons salute Washington's Irish with plaque
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Sons salute Washington's Irish with plaque
[caption id="attachment_70276" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Friendly Sons from Morris County assembled at Old St. Patrick's Basilic...
Reasons to reach Ireland's northern reaches
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Reasons to reach Ireland's northern reaches
[caption id="attachment_70273" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The architecturally extraordinary home of "Titanic Belfast. "][/caption] By...
Frank Ryle teaches the art of the project
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Frank Ryle teaches the art of the project
[caption id="attachment_70267" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Frank Ryle, book cover"][/caption] You would call Frank Ryle a quiet man, a...
A big Irish mac
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A big Irish mac
[caption id="attachment_70264" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Frank Ryle. "][/caption] No surprise, but Irish beef makes a very good patt...
Ed Flynn, the Bronx boss at FDR's side
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Ed Flynn, the Bronx boss at FDR's side
FDR. When he was a young, prickly, state senator from the Hudson Valley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt made little secret about his distaste for his fe...
Catching baseball memories with John Flaherty
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Catching baseball memories with John Flaherty
[caption id="attachment_70258" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Flaherty's Yes Network job has him still working at Yankee Stadium. "]...
When New York stopped for Terence MacSwiney
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When New York stopped for Terence MacSwiney
[caption id="attachment_70254" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Terence MacSwiney."][/caption] On the morning of August 23rd, 1920, Day 11 ...
The forgotten Irish of the Burma Railway
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The forgotten Irish of the Burma Railway
Two brothers from Cork lie buried at opposite ends of the Burma Railway. The eldest, Lieutenant Richard Duke, died of a heart attack in May 1943, a...

 

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