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IN THIS ISSUE

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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Glitz, Glamor, and Pride in Heritage at the Irish Post Awards

Irish talent from across the worlds of arts, sport, business, and culture lit up London on November 27 as the Irish Post Awards 2025 returned to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane…

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Catherine Hicks.
The Actress Who
Reached 7th Heaven

Better known as Annie Camden on 7th Heaven, Irish-American actress Catherine Hicks talks about the…

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Voters Head to the Polls

Will Bertie be back, will there be a Quinn tide, or will Sinn Féin’s day…

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May 7, 1915

The British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat off the coast of Ireland, about 14 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. The ship sank in 18 minutes and though there were enough lifeboats aboard, the severity prevented them from being launched. Of the 1,959 passengers on board, 1,198 drowned, 128 of them U.S. citizens. The death toll shocked the world and proved the impetus for America to enter WWI. The Germans contended that they only fired because the ship was carrying munitions. In 2008 a diving team explored the wreck and found millions of U.S. made Remington bullets which would seem to support that theory.

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