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Roots | The O’Reilly / Reilly Clan

The O’Reilly family name comes from the Gaelic O’Raghailligh, meaning descendants of Raghaillach. The O’Reillys were the most powerful sept of the old Gaelic Kingdom of Breffny, and the family remains numerous in…

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Ireland: The Home of Halloween

Did you know that Ireland is the true Home of Halloween?  Halloween traces its roots back more than 2,000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the…

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IRISH AMERICA ARCHIVES

Film Forum:
That Sinking Feeling,
Titanic Town Goes Under

Titanic Town, the fictional story of a Northern Ireland woman who mounts crusade for peace…

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William Baldwin:
Hollywood Helps

William “Billy” Baldwin helped comfort New York’s firefighters in the aftermath of September 11. Baldwin,…

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November 4, 1980

On this day in 1980, Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in a landslide election. Reagan was born in Illinois on February 6, 1911. His father, Jack Reagan, was the grandson to Irish Catholic immigrants from Co. Tipperary. Reagan became successful in Hollywood, appearing in famous roles like George Gipp (earning him the lifelong nickname “The Gipper”) in “Knute Rockne, All American” (1940.) Many considered 1924’s “King’s Row” his best film. Reagan went on to serve in the military. He became governor of California in 1967. He made his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, but was defeated by Gerald Ford. He served two terms as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. His terms were marked by such terms as “Reaganomics.”

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