Ray O'Hanlon

Ray O’Hanlon is Editor of the Irish Echo. A graduate of University College Dublin, he has been a journalist for more than four decades and is a published author, his latest book being “Unintended Consequences: The Story Of Irish Immigration To The U.S. And How America’s Door Was Closed To The Irish” (www.MerrionPress.ie).

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Tributes Paid to Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
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Tributes Paid to Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy, who for many years fought for recognition for, and inclusion of, the Irish gay community in New York and beyond has died. Wa...
New North Secretary
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New North Secretary
Chris Bryant is the newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary of State. The Welsh-born Bryant was appointed to the post by the new British Prime M...
IAUC Welcomes Fine Gael Unity Blueprint
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IAUC Welcomes Fine Gael Unity Blueprint
The Irish American Unity Conference has welcomed the Fine Gael announcement of a blueprint for Irish unity. The IAUC stated its support for the mov...
Marking The Day Independence Came To New York
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Marking The Day Independence Came To New York
News, even big news, moved a little slower in those days. America's independence was declared on July 4th 1776. It would take five days for that st...
Sea Trials and a Singular Honor
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Sea Trials and a Singular Honor
The USS Patrick Gallagher has commenced sea trials - a final turn before entering full service with the navy. And the County Mayo native, Vietnam W...
Echo Columnist Patrick Campbell, 92
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Echo Columnist Patrick Campbell, 92
Patrick Campbell, a former Irish Echo columnist and an author of a number of books, has died in New Jersey at the age of 92. Campbell, a Donegal na...
Nancy Lally's 105 Reasons To Celebrate
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Nancy Lally's 105 Reasons To Celebrate
There has been much ado over the recent release of the 1926 Irish Census. Nancy Lally is certainly paying attention. She is in it. And she is in it...
What a Difference 35 Years Make
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What a Difference 35 Years Make
Richard Neal was just a couple of years into his congressional career when Queen Elizabeth came to Capitol Hill to address the Houses of Congress. ...
U.S. Will Contribute $4M to IFI
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U.S. Will Contribute $4M to IFI
The International Fund for Ireland will, after all, be receiving financial aid from the U.S. For some months now it was believed that Washington's ...
Pele For Sure, But Thierry Henry?
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Pele For Sure, But Thierry Henry?
New York City is readying for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Eight games are scheduled for the New York metro area and all this soccer action is expe...
Catalpa's Legacy In Full Sail 150 Years On
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Catalpa's Legacy In Full Sail 150 Years On
With the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue falling this week there is a renewed push to unveil a memorial to the rescue of Six Fenians from c...
Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
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Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
If you are calculating the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue that standout day is today, Thursday April 16. That is if you are in New York, B...





 



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