Saturday, January 15, 2022 1:00 pm MST, 3:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm Ireland timeThe Rocky Mountain Roots Collective presents a Zoom program that includes radio broadcaster Adrian Flannelly and writer Turlough McConnell to highlight the movement in resistance to the proposed closing of the Irish Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University. Opened in 2012, Ireland’s Great Hunger … [Read more...] about Memorials & Museums: The Great Hunger Museum
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IA Newsletter December 11, 2021
IA Newsletter December 11, 2021
Storm Barra hits IrelandAs Covid restrictions increase across Europe, residents of the Emerald Isle found themselves staying at home for an entirely different reason. Storm Barra battered the UK and Ireland earlier this week, leaving 59,000 Irish homes without power. Originally hitting the south-west, Barra moved upwards, and the north-west of Ireland, as well as Scotland, saw … [Read more...] about News Roundup
The 2021 Presidential Distinguished Service Award Recipients
IA Newsletter December 11, 2021
The recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2020 and 2021, were presented by President Higgins at a Ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin on 2nd December 2021.This is the tenth year in which recipients have received this award, which recognizes the contributions of members of the Irish diaspora who help build and expand Ireland's … [Read more...] about The 2021 Presidential Distinguished Service Award Recipients
Music and Merriment at Irish America’s 2019 Hall of Fame
On Thursday, March 14, hundreds gathered in the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan for Irish America magazine’s 10th annual Hall of Fame luncheon. This year’s inductees were lawyer, public servant, and peacemaker John C. Dearie; broadcaster Adrian Flannelly; Academy Award-winning director Terry George; Irish Repertory Theatre founders Charlotte Moore and … [Read more...] about Music and Merriment at Irish America’s 2019 Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame: Broadcaster Adrian Flannelly
He’s been praised by the New York Daily News as the “Dean of Irish Radio in the United States,” by New York Newsday as “a promoter of incredible charm and energy,” by The Irish Times as “an entertainer, lobbyist, and an entrepreneur,” and by The New York Times as “an avuncular host.” He is Adrian Flannelly, host of his own radio show, which is broadcast internationally each … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Broadcaster Adrian Flannelly