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Now where are we?
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Donegal Castle in Donegal Town earlier today. The royal couple have been on a visit to both Nort...
May 25, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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In praise of community champions
Congressman Joe Crowley was the keynote speaker at the inaugural Irish Echo Community Champions Awards held at Rosie O’Grady’s in Manhattan. There ...
May 24, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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A Rose for New York
Kristin Stack is this year’s New York Rose of Tralee and will be traveling to Ireland for the international Rose of Tralee festival. More photos in...
May 23, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Soccer stunner in Pittsburgh
Must have been quite a plan worked up in this huddle. CSL champions Lansdowne Bhoys pulled off a major upset Wednesday night when they beat the pro...
May 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
A bridge over time The photo isn’t so much a throwback as its subject. Dublin’s iconic Ha’penny Bridge is now two hundred years old. Opened in May,...
May 19, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Oh to be in Ireland now that May is here
The famous waterfall in Powerscourt, County Wicklow is here in full flow with the newly leafed trees as a backdrop. Photo courtesy Powerscourt Esta...
May 18, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Shamrocks on the attack
Chloe Wheeler in possession for the Shamrocks women's team against St. Michaels on Sunday. Picture by Sarah Thorenton.
May 17, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Akron Hibernians mark 1916
The Summit County Ohio AOH Board, along with the Mark Heffernan and St. Brendan Divisions, held a "Rebels Night" at the Heffernan Division Hall as ...
May 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Pearl River Hibs award scholarships
John Cardinal D’Alton, Division 3 of the Ancient Order of Hibernian in Pearl River held their annual Communion Breakfast and ceremony to honor ten ...
May 13, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Connolly, MacDiarmada, executed
They weren’t the final shots in the war for Irish independence but they were the last ones unleashed in the specific context of the 1916 Rising, wh...
May 12, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Inspired by a hero
Inspired by his father Tom Gorman, a Port Authority officer who died on 9/11, PAPD Officer Patrick Gorman and PAPD Officer Jessica Toritto traveled...
May 11, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Seattle salutes ‘Women of the Rising’
At Seattle’s 1916 Centenary Commemoration was Cork-born artist Elaine Barry with her portraits of “Women of the Rising” done in charcoal and pen. T...
May 10, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff