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They can't go back. They won't go back.
Indeed, there's nothing to go back home to, which is why so many Irish people are coming here to Canada. This plight has become all too real in the young Irish men and women filling the chairs across from Cathy Murphy's desk.
"I have people sitting across the desk from me now saying that they can't go back, they won't go back. There are no...
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As our parade marks a milestone event on Sunday, March 11th, 2012, it is hard to believe that 25 years have gone by since the first tentative marchers headed down Yonge Street.
For all of those 25 years and many more, Eddie Thornton has been involved in our community and has always given without asking anything in return.
Throughout those same years, Eddie rose to the pinnacle of his own...
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"Welcome to Canada - make us better" were the now famous words uttered by the Immigration Agent at Edmonton airport in 1974 as he beckoned John Furlong and his young family onto Canadian soil. Like many an immigrant before and after him, Furlong has indeed made Canada better, although few have done so on such a scale.
John Furlong was born in Clonmel in 1950, the third child in a family of...
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For four generations and 100 years O'Donoghue's Pub has stood as a landmark in North Clare. Between the Burren and the sea it stands in Fanore along the Coast Road from Ballyvaughan to Lisdoonvarna. Recently the O'Donoghue family and their regulars celebrated the pub's centenary, a feat only a minority of businesses achieve.
Anthony O'Donoghue built the pub on his return from Boston in the...
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Over fifty years later, The Whistle has left an indelible mark on my soul and my persona. Anyone who knows me will tell you Lockie is rarely late for an appointment, and if he is, there is usually a very good reason.
I had just started Infants (Babies) Class across the town at the Convent when I first encountered the regimen of DF's whistle. DF was my father, Donogh Francis O'Loghlin and...
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Community Calendar
- Ladies Gaelic Football All Stars (26-May-12)
- Celtic Studies One – Day Conference (26-May-12)
- Sinead O'Connor - Danforth Music Hall (27-May-12)
- Toronto Set Club Reel Blast Weekend (01-Jun-12)
- Cork Association Pub Night (02-Jun-12)
- Canadian Association for Irish Studies Annual Conference (20-Jun-12)
Smitty's Corner
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