He will be remembered when members of the congressional Friends of Ireland and others gather for a memorial service at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Capitol Hill.
She was granted an Honorary Commander of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the highest honor for a non-British citizen, for her work toward peace in Northern Ireland.
Shamrock Foods Company – parent company of Shamrock Farms and Shamrock Foods – was founded by his father in Tucson, Arizona, in 1922 with a Model T truck and 20 cows.
Representatives Joe Crowley and Brendan Boyle are jointly introducing a bill before Congress that will make it easier for newly-minted American citizens to vote.
The second annual LEAP program for Irish and Irish American women is now accepting applications for their 2017 New York program, looking for applicants from the Greater New York/Tri-State area.
Barbara Jones, who has served as Ireland’s Consul General in New York since 2014, is to become Ireland’s Ambassador to Mexico. The peace-building charity Co-Operation Ireland held a farewell gathering for her in New York.
The mountains are calling the trad tribes to East Durham once again for the 23rd annual Catskills Irish Arts Week (CIAW) held in the hamlet that remains the center of the Irish American universe in upstate New York -- well, for at least one Brigadoon-like week every summer.
Through the outcome of elections held earlier this month by the New York City St. Patrick’s Day board of directors was at first unclear, sources close to the parade confirm that Sean Lane will serve as vice chairman.
Co-Operation Ireland’s Peter Sheridan on building peace in Ireland since the Troubles, what Brexit means for their continued work, and where the island of Ireland goes from here.
