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Reasons to reach Ireland's northern reaches
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Reasons to reach Ireland's northern reaches
[caption id="attachment_70273" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The architecturally extraordinary home of "Titanic Belfast. "][/caption] By...
Frank Ryle teaches the art of the project
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Frank Ryle teaches the art of the project
[caption id="attachment_70267" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Frank Ryle, book cover"][/caption] You would call Frank Ryle a quiet man, a...
A big Irish mac
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A big Irish mac
[caption id="attachment_70264" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Frank Ryle. "][/caption] No surprise, but Irish beef makes a very good patt...
Ed Flynn, the Bronx boss at FDR's side
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Ed Flynn, the Bronx boss at FDR's side
FDR. When he was a young, prickly, state senator from the Hudson Valley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt made little secret about his distaste for his fe...
Catching baseball memories with John Flaherty
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Catching baseball memories with John Flaherty
[caption id="attachment_70258" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Flaherty's Yes Network job has him still working at Yankee Stadium. "]...
When New York stopped for Terence MacSwiney
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When New York stopped for Terence MacSwiney
[caption id="attachment_70254" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Terence MacSwiney."][/caption] On the morning of August 23rd, 1920, Day 11 ...
The forgotten Irish of the Burma Railway
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The forgotten Irish of the Burma Railway
Two brothers from Cork lie buried at opposite ends of the Burma Railway. The eldest, Lieutenant Richard Duke, died of a heart attack in May 1943, a...
In search of those extraordinary Scots-Irish
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In search of those extraordinary Scots-Irish
[caption id="attachment_70248" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption=" Karen F. McCarthy."][/caption] Journalist and author Karen F. McCarthy has...
Private pitch to U.S. firms
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Private pitch to U.S. firms
A new initiative led by the Irish private sector aims to entice U.S. companies to set up shop in Ireland. "Ireland Gateway to Europe," is being bac...
Massachusetts turns even greener in March
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Massachusetts turns even greener in March
Celtic Woman. Boston --- As luck would have it, Massachusetts has been green all winter, thanks to the mild weather here in New England. And now th...
Magazines push back against hierarchy’s hard line
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Magazines push back against hierarchy’s hard line
A recent editorial argued: “Is the question of contraception coverage—something most American Catholics already have, and which the bishops have sa...
Home are the Oscar heroes
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Home are the Oscar heroes
Oscar at the Divis. Oorlagh and Terry George, along with their Oscars, atop the Divis Flats in West Belfast.Belfast Oscar-winner Terry George has m...

 

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