On Thursday evening President Barack Obama issued a proclamation officially announcing the launch of Irish-American Heritage Month, 2013. With ancestral roots in Moneygall, County Offaly, Obama referred to Ireland’s tradition of immigration to the United States, their contribution and inspiration.

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Barack Obama has one, and so has Bill Clinton, but Irish America has mainly rejected the chance to receive a certificate of Irish heritage.

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Cork hurling icon and chairman of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Donal Og Cusack is in New York this week to promote the GPA’s inaugural Irish-US Gaelic Heritage Awards Gala on November 15.

US Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney joined in on the Rose of Tralee tour fun when he was able to present to each of the American Roses a Certificate of Irish Heritage on Tuesday at the National Library in Dublin.

The Irish-American Heritage Archaeological Program is a collaborative effort between the Center for Irish Partnerships at UMass Lowell and the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at Queen’s University Belfast. On Wednesday July 18th, the Center for Irish Partnerships at UMass Lowell held a fundraiser to benefit the Irish-American Heritage Archaeological Program at the home of Co-Director Ann Marie Hurley in Lowell.

Though Boston is routinely thought of as a very Irish-centric city, it was not always that way. Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail tour is a fascinating trip through not only the Irish’s history in Boston, but also evolution of the Irish throughout American history.

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President Barack Obama has officially decreed March 2012 Irish American Heritage Month. The month every year that celebrates the 44 million Americans who claim Irish ancestry and celebrate that fact with St. Patrick’s Day Parades, family gatherings, Masses, dances and other community events.

The month of March is a busy season for Irish and Irish Americans in the United States as it is officially regarded as national Irish American Heritage Month. The US Census Bureau has released some figures that highlight the span of the Irish influence in America today, which fit in accordingly with the month long recognition of Irish American culture.

MarketWatch reports on the various statistics of all things Irish and Irish-related in the US. The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade, now a worldwide tradition, took place in New York in 1762. This year’s New York City festivities mark the 251st marching of the parade down Fifth Avenue, past St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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The Irish American Heritage Museum was officially opened on Tuesday morning in its new home in downtown Albany, New York.
 
Various government officials were present, including Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Deputy Consul General Jackie O'Halloran Bernstein, for the cutting of the Irish themed green ribbon to the new facility on Tuesday morning.
 
“It’s a historic occasion,” Ed Collins, chairman of the museum's board of trustees, told the Irish Voice.
 
“This was all set in motion many years ago,” he added.
 
Established in 1986, the museum was located for a quarter of a century in the village of East Durham, in the Catskills. The original museum had been opened during the summer, but the new facility will be open all year around. Officials began planning the move three years ago in an effort to boost attendance.

The Certificate of Irish Heritage is now available in the United States and around the world.
The certificate honors those ancestors who sacrificed so much by leaving Ireland and who created opportunities for later generations.