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12th Annual Glucksman Ireland House Gala

IA Newsletter, February 24, 2024

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 6:30 pmMandarin Oriental Hotel, New York CityOn Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, Glucksman Ireland House NYU will hold its 12th annual dinner gala at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan. The Gala, an annual fixture on the New York calendar, celebrates the best in Irish literature and arts, journalism, and philanthropy. Proceeds from the event support … [Read more...] about 12th Annual Glucksman Ireland House Gala

Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

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On November 13, the Financial Times named Prepaid Financial Services’ Valerie Moran as one of the Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in Technology. One day later, European CEO magazine named Noel Moran as the first-ever double winner of the European Entrepreneur of the Year award. Noel and Valerie Moran came up with the idea for their financial … [Read more...] about Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

Donegal Crowned World’s Coolest Destination

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2017

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Co. Donegal claimed the number one spot on National Geographic Traveller’s annual “Cool List” of recommendations for those who love travelling the world. The isolated western county ranked above locations in Greenland, Sudan and Seoul among other “culture capitals, hipster hotspots [and] wild escapes” and was praised for its “undiscovered” aura by the magazine. “There’s an … [Read more...] about Donegal Crowned World’s Coolest Destination

Irish Honors

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2016

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Music & Literary Honors Musician Joanie Madden, founder of Cherish the Ladies, received the 2015 Turlough O’Carolan Award for Musical Achievement. And longtime Irish America contributor Mary Pat Kelly, the author of Galway Bay and Of Irish Blood, who received the 2015 William Butler Yeats Award for Literary Achievement from the Council of Irish Associations of Greater … [Read more...] about Irish Honors

New Edward M. Kennedy Prize Celebrates American Drama

By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2013

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Columbia University and Jean Kennedy Smith have inaugurated a new award, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, or the EMK Prize. This year’s prize is actually shared by two playwrights: Dan O’Brien for The Body of an American, and Robert Schenkkan for All the Way. The two inaugural winners will divide the award of $100,000 endowed by Jean Kennedy … [Read more...] about New Edward M. Kennedy Prize Celebrates American Drama