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IN THIS ISSUE

Trailblazing CEO Maggie Timoney

2025 Business 100: Keynote Speaker Maggie Timoney is the President and CEO of HEINEKEN USA, based in White Plains, New York. During her 20-plus year tenure with the HEINEKEN Group in the U.S.,…

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Our Jack

I am of Pete Hamill’s generation. His “Our Jack” article has reminded me why I loved Jack Kennedy. I’m 100 percent Irish, I’m proud to say, or as Irish as my DNA tests…

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IRISH AMERICA ARCHIVES

John Greed addresses the gathering. (Photos by Samantha Nandez and Vladimir Weinstein, BFA.com).
Caron Music Award Named for Thomas Moran

Caron Treatment Centers’ annual NYC gala. ℘℘℘ Caron Treatment Centers, an addiction recovery center, hosted…

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The Tyrone Guthrie Centre

Hugh Mulligan Visits Ireland’s premier retreat For artists and finds a workplace without a time…

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July 15, 1927

Irish patriot, social activist and suffragist Countess Constance de Markievicz died at the age of 59 on July 15, 1927 in Dublin. Born to a wealthy English family with ties to Ireland, Markievicz became the first ever woman to be elected to the British House of Commons in December 1918. Yet, Markievicz along with her political party Sinn Feinn, chose not to take her seat and instead helped form the first Dail Eireann. Upon her death, writer Sean O’Casey commented, “One thing she had in abundance – physical courage.”

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