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New York’s Florence Nightingale
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Brigid Higgins is a bedside educator for cancer patients at a New York hospital. ‘They really do believe they’ll get better,’ she says.
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The Irish in Ohio
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
When the Irish community of northeast Ohio honors their own, there is a very high probability that County Mayo connections will be found.
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In search of an ancient warship
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Scholars have embarked on a wide hunt for the lost fleets of the Persian Wars in an attempt to better understand the ‘Trireme’, an ancient warship that the Greeks and Persians used in naval battles.
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Peter honoured at Mayo Ball
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
The 126th annual Mayo Society Ball and Dinner was held at Antuns in Springfield Boulevard, Queens Village on Saturday evening, March 12th last.
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Honouring an Irish patriot
Thursday, April 07, 2005
On Friday, April 22nd, 2005, at 3 p.m., the Thomas Ashe banner will be formally presented to the library in Kilkelly.
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City growing apace
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The fastest growing city in the United States today is Las Vegas. That’s in terms of growth rate. The city has grown by only 250,000 but it is the largest in percentage terms.
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Greatest ever Canadian
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
One million Canadians have picked as the Greatest Ever Canadian a man who was born and reared in Scotland before heading across the Atlantic at the tender age of fifteen.
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Greatest ever Canadian
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
One million Canadians have picked as the Greatest Ever Canadian a man who was born and reared in Scotland before heading across the Atlantic at the tender age of fifteen.
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The brave men of the Fighting 69th Unit
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
The army unit, the Fighting 69th, has led the New York St Patrick’s Day Parade every year since its inception. The soldiers lead the parade up Fifth Avenue to the strains of the unit’s Irish theme song, “Garryowen”.
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First of the calendar
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
One of the first social events in the calendar of Irish America in the New York area is the annual dinner dance of the United Irish Counties Association.
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Accordion-playing Joe wins award
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Considered one of the best button accordion players of our era, Boston-born Joe Derrane, who returned to the button accordion playing in 1994 after been away for a number of years, has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts as a National Heritage Fellowship recipient for 2004.
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Imagining a life without a Mexican
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Imagine what would happen if Americans woke up one morning and discovered that all of its Mexicans were gone.
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The sad tale of a Canadian island
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
On May 17, 1847, the Medical staff on the island of Grosse Ile on the St Lawrence River at the Canadian entrance made a dreaded discovery.
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Retracing steps of Native Indians
Thursday, June 10, 2004
It is very interesting to trace the footsteps left by the Indians that roamed and occupied our American countryside.
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America has been very good to me
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
We conclude the story of John Jennings, of Knockmore, who fought in the Korean War in the 1950s. When we left he had begun work on the front line as a combat medic.
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