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Author:Desmond Devoy
For a nation known for its disproportionate literary heft like Ireland, it is perhaps appropriate that poet Michael D. Higgins, 70, was elected as the Republic's ninth president on Thursday, Oct. 27.
While St. Thomas More is credited as being A Man For All Seasons, Michael D., as he is...
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Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
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...
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Author:Pat Murphy
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War, an epic four-year struggle in which thousands of Irish-Americans played a part. Of all these, the most notable was Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888).
To put it mildly, Phil Sheridan led a life that courted...
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Author:Patricia Collins
Honouring Canada’s Irish Heritage.
Now that Ireland Park is a reality, the new board of directors of Ireland Park Foundation has set its sights on further improving the infrastructure around the park and expanding the Irish cultural presence on Toronto’s waterfront.
In 1995, Robert Kearns,...
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Author:Desmond Devoy
Former Taoiseach Dr. Garret FitzGerald was a man ahead of his time.
Many of the things he fought for during his time in office in the turbulent 1980s have since come to pass.
He was, in time, able to see his visions come to fruition, with divorce finally ratified in an October 1995 referendum,...
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Author:Desmond Devoy
Woody Allen once said that 90 per cent of success came from simply showing up.
By stepping off of a small commuter plane at Casement Aerodrome near Dublin on Tuesday, May 17, Queen Elizabeth II may well have done just that.
Alighting on to the tarmac after the short flight from England, she...
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Author:Desmond Devoy
"My name is Barack Obama, of the Moneygall O'Bamas."
Ireland has always been known for rolling out the welcome mat for Irish-American leaders looking to rekindle the connections between the two countries - and if it just happens to be in the run up to an election year, well, what harm? (Aside...
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Author:Pat Murphy
Working as a student in London during the summer of 1964, a little bit of cultural tourism was in order. After all, one could hardly return to Dublin and tell folks that sightseeing had been confined to Soho and its immediate environs. Accordingly, I took myself along to Westminster Abbey...
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