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Fostering Memorable Leadership, Relentless Drive, and Unity
On November 6, Duke Orthopaedics was honored to host Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (Ret.), former Chairman…
Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun
“I’ve never had an experience like it, nor will I ever again, it stays with…
The Kindness of Strangers: Remembering the Tragedy of the Brig St. John in 1849
On 6 October 1849, emigrants on board the Brig St. John, caught their first sighting…
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Irish Pride Stands Astride the Atlantic
Protests over closure of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum As the United States begins to return to a post-pandemic normality, the “end-emic” may not see the re-opening of one beloved institution […]
Larry Kirwan’s “Paradise Square” isBroadway-Bound
For over 30 years, Larry Kirwan’s voice provided the soundtrack for Irish American and Irish immigrant life. As the frontman for legendary Celtic rockers Black 47, Kirwan went from playing […]
Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released Ira Aldridge: Black Tragedian in Ireland in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland’s […]
Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland
If you had been in London on 15 May 1835, you could have heard Daniel O’Connell, Ireland’s Liberator, speak at a large Anti-Slavery meeting in the prestigious Exeter Hall. O’Connell, […]
Home & Away: This Week’s News
As we emerge, finally, through the long tunnel of the Covid-19 pandemic, everything from the economy to the arts has risen, dusted itself off and asked, “so what now?” Irish […]
Salute to Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Committee to Save the Museum plans street art, live music, other festivities to salute institution unexpectedly closed by Quinnipiac University. The Committee to Save Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum will host […]