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Kennedy Leadership Forum Launched for JFK50 in New Ross, County Wexford
The first Kennedy Leadership Forum is due to take place in New Ross over the June bank-holiday weekend, ahead of the JFK50 events on June 22. ... by JANE WALSH
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Looted Bronze Age treasure trove of 900 coins and weapons returned from Britain
A collection of nearly 900 artifacts from the late Bronze Age and medieval age were recovered from the UK and will be returned to Ireland. ... by MICHELLE K. SMITH
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Thousands of Great Hunger victims who died in Staten Island quarantine remembered
Thousands of victims of Ireland’s Great Hunger remain buried under Staten Island’s modern structures in unmarked mass graves. ... by KATE HICKEY
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Delphi Lodge takes responsibility for turning away those in need during Ireland’s Great Hunger
The Connemara country house and sporting lodge, the Delphi Lodge, is taking responsibility for its part in Famine deaths by participating in the annual commemorative famine walk. ... by MICHELLE K SMITH
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President Higgins leads Clare tribute to those who died in the Great Famine
A West of Ireland town has remembered those who died or were forced to emigrate in the famine that robbed it of half its population. ... by PATRICK COUNIHAN
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Stunning new maps will outline what Irish land Cromwell stole – and who owned it
Reckon Oliver Cromwell stole your family’s land back in Ireland – now you can find out thanks to Trinity College in Dublin. ... by PATRICK COUNIHAN
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Genealogy course announced for County Monaghan Diaspora visiting for The Gathering
A unique Monaghan-focused family history initiative is being organized as part of The Gathering 2013. ... by
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Witnesses suggest Boston cop Richard Donohoue was shot by 'friendly fire' in Tsarnaev shootout
Eyewitness accounts are suggesting that Transit Police Officer Richard H. Donohue Junior, who was shot and nearly killed in Watertown, Massachusetts on April 19 may have been hit by a fellow officer. ... by IrishCentral Staff Writers
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Ginger loving madness celebrated at the Irish Redhead Convention for the Gathering - VIDEO
The annual Irish Redhead Convention brings together redheads from Ireland and abroad for games centered around red hair in Crosshaven, Co Cork. ... by MICHELLE K SMITH
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Ancestral home of American singer Bing Crosby found in Cork - VIDEO
After years of research Dr. Noel Buckley has traced legendary singer and actor Bing Crosby’s lineage back to his great-great-grandfather’s home in West Cork. ... by MATT KEOUGH
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Ireland’s Leitrim Tourism launches search for Leitrim ambassadors in the US
Irish based, Leitrim Tourism, is in New York this week to launch a recruitment drive to increase the number of Leitrim Ambassadors in the US ... by JANE WALSH
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Connecticut university hosts symposium on the legacy of Ireland’s Great Hunger
A Connecticut university will host the symposium, “Exploring the Legacies of the Great Hunger: The Cultural, Spiritual, Psychological and Political Consequences for Today’s Ireland from Centuries of Colonization” on May 17. ... by JANE WALSH
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Wexford celebrates real-life ‘Irish Zorro’ with a Mexican Festival
On Saturday May 4 'Zorrofest Wexford' will celebrate the life and legend of a real-life ‘Irish Zorro’ ... by JANE WALSH
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Irish actress Maureen O'Hara and the most famous red heads in history - SEE PHOTOS
Red hair, freckles, experts at Irish dancing and blessed with ‘the gift of the gab’ are the usual Irish stereotypes. However, studies have shown that only ten percent of Irish people are redheads. ... by BERNIE MALONE
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Packing for Ireland while sorting through memories of a childhood adventure
Sorting through memories of childhood adventuresPacking for the big trip to Ireland from New Jersey was easy for me in the late 1970s. My mother did ... ... by Jim Lowney
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Hundreds of Irish heirs to unclaimed British inheritance - Treasury list shows estates worth millions
Hundreds of Irish people stand to inherit millions of British pounds according to the British Treasury, which keeps a list of unclaimed estates. ... by IrishCentral Staff Writers
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Irish redheads owe their unique coloring to a lack of sunlight says new research
Irish redheads can thank a lack of sunlight for the look that has made them so distinctive according to new DNA research. ... by PATRICK COUNIHAN
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Search on in Irish villages for person with deepest DNA roots
Ireland Reaching Out (Ireland XO) wants to find the most local person in Irish communities, defined as the person in the community who has the highest number of great, and great grandparents in the area. ... by JAMES O'SHEA
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Ten things I dislike about Irish men - cheap mammy's boys with no style
For years I dreamed of finding an Irish rogue to ask for my hand in marriage and take me back to the homeland. ... by COLLEEN HARTE
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Gallagher Clan launches second global Gathering and the Gallagher Global Award
The Gallagher Clan has launched a detailed itinerary of the second Gallagher Global Gathering, which is being held in Co. Donegal from 6th – 14th September 2013. ... by JANE WALSH
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