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Hibernia – Arts

Deirdre O’Connell Honored The Bronx girl who changed the face of Irish Theater By Rosemary Rogers The visionary founder and artistic director of Dublin’s Focus Theatre, Deirdre O’Connell (1939-2001), was honored with a…

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The Dunbrody & the Irish America Hall of Fame  

The story of how JFK’s roots helped to revive an Irish town, and how the Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Emigrant ­Experience became the home of the Irish America Hall of Fame.  In…

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Michael Flatley

Lord of the Dance

Michael Flatley, star of Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and Feet of Flames, has revolutionized…

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Passings

Jack Donohue, the high school coach of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and for years the face of…

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Jeremiah O’Brien and the American Revolution

When Lord Mountjoy lamented in Parliament in April 1784, “America was lost by Irish emigrants,” he probably had in mind the stunning naval feat of six Irish brothers from Machias, Maine. After Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien, the oldest brother, heard how “embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the…

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