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Navigating Colorado Rapids is career high-point for Meath native steeped in sport
Community Features & Events
Navigating Colorado Rapids is career high-point for Meath native steeped in sport
Pádraig Smith made the journey from the banks of the River Boyne, in County Meath, to the Mile High city of Denver, Colorado in 2015, first as the ...
Chicago Calling: The Irish builder shaping Windy City skyline
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Chicago Calling: The Irish builder shaping Windy City skyline
Mike Meagher is President of McHugh Construction, and one of those responsible for most of the iconic buildings that make up our Chicago skyline, i...
The Skulls of Inishbofin
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The Skulls of Inishbofin
On February 22, Trinity College Dublin made an historic announcement that it would return 13 skulls stored for over 130 years in the Old Anatomy Mu...
A Holiday That All the World Can Share
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A Holiday That All the World Can Share
Growing up in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day was always welcome. It was first and foremost welcome because it was a day off from school. March 17 was a...
We have lift-off - celebrating St Patrick's Day in Rocket City, Alabama
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We have lift-off - celebrating St Patrick's Day in Rocket City, Alabama
St Patrick's Day in Alabama has it all - and then some. In Huntsville, home to NASA, You can have $5 Irish car bombs to accompany your early-doors ...
Born and bread in Belfast, Brendan brings a taste of Ireland to U.S.
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Born and bread in Belfast, Brendan brings a taste of Ireland to U.S.
A Belfast man is bringing a little taste of Ireland to the States this week in the run-up to the St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Brendan Neeson is t...
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: An International Women's Day salute to Natalie O'Shea of the Twin Cities Irish centre
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TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: An International Women's Day salute to Natalie O'Shea of the Twin Cities Irish centre
In the fabric of Minnesota’s history and culture is embroidered the name of someone to be celebrated not only on International Women’s Day but on e...
CHICAGO CALLING: Hometown hero who has the 'plumb' job at Windy City St Patrick's parade
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CHICAGO CALLING: Hometown hero who has the 'plumb' job at Windy City St Patrick's parade
“The plumber protects the health of our nation.” Albert Einstein 1954. Hizzoner Mayor Richard J. Daley asked his childhood friend Stephen Bailey, B...
Artists cast loving light on style and soul of sidelined South Bronx
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Artists cast loving light on style and soul of sidelined South Bronx
They met “40 something” years ago, Rigoerto Torres told me, speaking of himself and his partner in art John Ahearn, while we chatted one recent aft...
A Man, a Border, a People
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A Man, a Border, a People
The story of Sean Quinn is a story about the Border and its people. I was born in Enniskillen and, living in the shadow of the industrial complex t...
Profile: Buffalo's Jack of all trades with finger on political pulse
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Profile: Buffalo's Jack of all trades with finger on political pulse
Attorney, lobbyist, political aide to Chuck Schumer, former political candidate, author, adjunct faculty member at his alma mater Canisius College,...
Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
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Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
Fans of “Derry Girls”, the hilarious TV show out of the North of Ireland that ran for years with the wacky antics of a group of Catholic school gir...

 

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