Once a day of obligation, schools across Ireland would close on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, often meaning people flooded to Dublin to get a start on their Christmas shopping.
The ‘Swinging Sixties’ had brought social and sexual freedom to young Londoners. It was a very, very different place than the midlands of Ireland, at that time.
Three days after his assassination, President Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. One Coast Guard member reflects on carrying the President's casket.
Father Des Wilson was a true pastor of his people, the under-siege community of Ballymurphy during The Troubles. Many Irish Americans remember him as a heroic figure.
