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New team for Harp and Shamrock
The San Antonio-based Harp and Shamrock Society has new officers at its helm. Terence Peak was recently elected president while Kevin Dowd took up ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Milwaukee Fest includes Derry, Donegal theme
The Milwaukee Irish Fest is a calendar standout, not just in the Wisconsin city but throughout the Midwest and beyond it to Irish America. This yea...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brehons, Globe, take different tack on BC archive
The gathering legal battle over Boston College's archives dealing with the Northern Ireland Troubles is witnessing the drawing up of battle lines w...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
DONEGAL: BEWARE OF DOLPHINS: EXPERT A large colony of bottlenose dolphins has taken up residence off Donegal - but a marine expert has warned swimm...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Blocks to be renamed in honor of Olympians
Members of the Irish-American Athletic Club posed for the photographer in 1909 on the street that will soon be renamed in its honor. PHOTO COURTESY...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Table talk
Under the gaze of Teddy Roosevelt, a man noted for action, the near total inertia on the immigration reform front was a more pertinent backdrop in ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty
The world of Irish arts has lost one of its most prominent figures with the death last week of sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty. O'Doherty passed away in ...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Presidential race is heating up
After the withdrawal of Senator David Norris there is no openly gay candidate in the Irish presidential election. But there might be two candidates...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Top Irish cops in high demand
In times of trouble you need a good Irish cop. They might end up with one in London where there are rising calls for the job of Metropolitan Police...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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McGovern awakens from coma
The GAA player who ended up in a coma after being seriously injured in a game in San Francisco has awakened from his coma. Mark McGovern, 22, was r...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kennedy faced even more death threats
That there were death threats against the late Senator Edward Kennedy has long been a matter of public record. But there were even more than the re...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Another North player jumps border
Another soccer player born in Northern Ireland has declared for the Republic of Ireland team. Derry City's James McClean, who is expected to sign f...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff