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IIIC welcomes Sarah Chapple-Sokol as their new Education Coordinator

Sarah Chapple-SokolSarah Chapple-Sokol, a native of Arlington MA, has recently joined the IIIC as the new Education Coordinator. Sarah is a graduate of Colby College, in Maine, where as an undergraduate she studied Anthropology an ...

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Need financial advice? Just ask Arlington

Sean O'SullivanIn the good old days, if you had a credit score of 700 or better, you qualified for 100 percent financing when you bought a house. Countrywide in their heyday (before Bank of America had to bail them out) had a mort ...

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Saying goodbye, and thank you, to Fr. Brendan Duggan

Fr. Brendan DugganIt is with great sadness that I write this ... ...

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Highlights for the upcoming 2013 Boston Irish Festival

Eileen IversThe 2013 Boston Irish Festival looks to be better than ever this year, with entertainment spanning from internationally recognized headliner acts to homegrown talent, as well as the 5K Road Race, Redhead World Recor ...

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Leitrim take a bite out of the Big Apple at New York's Gaelic Park

The hope that’s springs eternal for New York was stamped out most viciously, on the scoreboard at least by a Leitrim side that was not in the least feeling sympathy for an over matched opponent. ...

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“I Know” - A Song for Krystle

Krystle Campbell with her close friend Matt LynchIn the aftermath of the recent terror attacks at the Boston marathon, several fundraisers and benefit events have been set up to raise money for foundations such as the ‘One Fund’. ...

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Boston Irish community will honor Sr. Lena Deevy at Florian Hall event

Sr Lena Deevy LSA is presented with the inaugural Presidential Distinguished Service AwardThe Irish Emigrant would like to thank Sister Lena Deevy, L.S.A. for the tremendous work that she has done for the Irish community in her 24 ...

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Irish Hunger Commemoration

Memorial statues in downtown BostonEvery year, people of Irish heritage worldwide are asked to participate at masses and other memorial services to commemorate the Irish Hunger Victims of 1845-51. The Boston memorial is well atten ...

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SMA Fathers

In 1943, the SMA Fathers were welcomed into the Archdiocese of Boston. The Latin initials: “SMA”- Societas Missionum ad Afros, is our official name but over these fifty something years, we fondly became known in Boston as the “SM ...

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Taoiseach to Receive Honorary Degree at Boston College

An Taoiseach Enda KennyIrish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will address graduates of Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, at the school’s 137th annual Commencement Exercises on May 20.Boston College President ... ...

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Road Bowling Championships

Road Bowling Championship coming to East DurhamThe USA national championship (North American Region Finals) of one of the world’s oldest sports, Irish road bowling, will send bowls flying down a country lane in East Durham, New Yo ...

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Hope and Healing Celebration for Families in South Boston

I was delighted to be invited to a wonderful evening with South Boston's community leaders and neighbors in the Laboure Center this past Tuesday, April 23rd. The topic was "A Celebration of Hope and Healing for families affected b ...

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Wider Horizons Profile: Tara Hillman

Tara Hillman “I ordered a large, and it came back three sizes bigger than I thought it would!” Tara Hillman excitedly jokes, as she tells me about her recent discovery of popular sugary drinks, ... ...

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Boston Irish Festival Preview: Atlantic Steps

L-R: Ayan Imal-Hall, Alice Ann Robinson, Brian Cunningham, Kieran Jordan, Kevin Doyle, Jackie O'Riley (Kevin Littlefield)Each week leading up to the Boston Irish Festival on June 7-9th, we will be announcing major events taking pl ...

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Irish Cultural Centre Children's Celtic Camp

Summer is right around the corner, and that means one thing—the ICC has been hard at work preparing for its annual Children’s Celtic Camp! This year, the camp will run for four weeks in the middle of summer: July 15-19, July 22-2 ...