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Connolly stands tall in Belfast
Terry O'Sullivan, president of the laborers union, LiUNA, speaking at the Good Friday unveiling of a James Connolly statue on the Falls Road in Bel...
March 29, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Easter inside the GPO
The Saint Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band of Kearny, NJ, participated in the centenary celebrations of the 1916 Rising in Dublin. The band is se...
March 28, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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We are the boys from….Longford
Jack and Michael Fitzpatrick marched proudly for Longford in the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
March 25, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
A master playwright passes John Millington Synge, author of works including “Playboy of the Western World” and “Riders to the Sea,” died on this da...
March 24, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Stringer hosts Irish Community Breakfast
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer speaking at the Irish Community Breakfast Tuesday. Photo by Madeline O’Boyle.
March 23, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Fairest and Finest
Miss New York USA Serena Bucaj and NYPD Detective Patrick Donohue at last Thursday’s New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 22, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Faugh a Ballagh!
Faugh a Ballagh, or “clear the way,” could well describe the mission of these Yonkers Police Department motorbike riders who cleared a path for the...
March 21, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Passing the sash
Tim Rooney, Jr., general counsel at Empire City Casino and grand marshal of the 2015 Yonkers St. Patrick’s Day Parade, is pictured “passing the sas...
March 18, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
The younger members of the Cavan Association contingent lead the way in this scene from the 1983 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
March 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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House Hunting?
Newlyweds Mairead Tully of the Irish Echo and Bergenfield, NJ Councilman Chris Tully outside the White House yesterday where President Barack Obama...
March 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Cathy ready to lead
Cathy Lavaty was installed as the Grand Marshal of the 42nd annual Greenwich St. Patrick’s Parade by the Greenwich Hibernian Association on Saturda...
March 15, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Stepping out in Bergen County Parade
The Bergen County St. Patrick’s Day Parade took place on Sunday in Bergenfield, NJ and it was a big day for the O’Shea clan. Pictured are Patrick, ...
March 14, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff