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35 years ago today, Bobby Sands succumbs
Bobby Sands died on this day in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike in Long Kesh. And on this date in 1916 Major John MacBride, one of the Rising l...
May 05, 2016
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Fairfield remembers 1916
The 100th Anniversary Easter Rising Committee unveiled The 1916 Easter Rising Monument at the Gaelic American Club in Fairfield, Connecticut. Pictu...
May 04, 2016
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All the counties in Rockland County
Young players from Rockland County GAA teams carried the flags of Ireland’s 32 counties during Rockland’s recent commemoration of the 1916 Rising. ...
May 03, 2016
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Bronx Hibernians hold annual Mass
The Bronx County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians recently celebrated its annual Mass at St. Barnabas Church and it was followed by a break...
May 02, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Oh say can you hear
Singer Maxine Linehan certainly had the attention of Senator George Mitchell as she heartily sang the national anthem at last Sunday’s 1916 remembr...
April 29, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
Shot and shell in central Dublin On this date in 1916, the fifth day of the Rising, much of the area around the GPO had been reduced to rubble by B...
April 28, 2016
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Gaels go golfing
From left, Alan Hearty, Tim Spellman, Damien McCaughey and Ryan Canavan pictured at the 2015 Manhattan Gaels Golf Classic. The Manhattan Gaels are ...
April 27, 2016
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Poster Boy
Last minute preparations being made for the official Irish government 1916 commemoration at Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan on Sunday. PHOTO: BY PET...
April 26, 2016
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Hibernians pay tribute to 1916
Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne Anderson, speaking to the gathering of members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient Or...
April 25, 2016
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Remembering Casement on Banna Strand
With an Irish navy ship on station in a calm sea, Ireland’s state commemoration for Sir Roger Casement took place yesterday at Banna Strand in Coun...
April 22, 2016
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Throwback Thursday
100 years ago, Roger Casement arrested On this date in 1916, Roger Casement was arrested by crown forces after landing from a German U-Boat at Bann...
April 21, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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On board in commemorating 1916
The Lettie G Howard will be docked at Pier A for this coming Sunday’s 1916 centenary events in Lower Manhattan. The schooner will be the venue for ...
April 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff