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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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The Dorsey Brothers: Sultans of Swing
By Irish America Staff To fans of jazz and swing, the Dorsey brothers need no introduction. As musicians, composers and dance band leaders, they are inextricably linked with the swing […]
Presidential Distinguished Service Awards Announced
Three Irish Americans are among the recipients of this year’s Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad. Northwell Health executive, Michael J. Dowling, cultural scholar James W. Flannery, and […]
New England’s Irish “Witch”
Goody Ann Glover was hanged as a witch on November 16, 1688. Could it have been that it was because she was a Catholic whose first language was Irish? Had […]
From Space to Washington –Captain Mark Kelly Takes on a New Endeavour
Mark Kelly is the new Senator-elect for Arizona, filling the late Senator John McCain’s seat. Mark Kelly – just elected to the U.S. Senate – had already lived quite a […]
Brothers In Arms
Remembering the five Sullivan brothers, World War II sailors who, serving together on the USS Juneau, were all killed in action on its sinking around November 13, 1942. November 8, 1942: […]
Proudly He Served
1944 – Major Charles Loring, Jr. On November 22, 1952 Major Charles Loring led a flight of four F-80s on an air support mission over North Korea. It was his […]