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Author:Desmond Devoy
He may not be the first Irishman to take on the Queen of England, but Tony O'Donohue is taking his fight with the crown all the way to one of the highest courts in Canada.
Mr. O'Donohue, a former Toronto City Councillor, and a native of Fanore, County Clare, where his family still runs a pub,...
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Author:Desmond Devoy
There's no lack of excitement in Sean Murphy's life these days. As the President of Irish Travel Bureau Inc., and the Vice-President of Kemtpville Travel though, Murphy would be happy with a little less drama, considering the type of year the travel industry has just endured.
But so long as...
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Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
Husband, father, grandfather, brother, businessman, charity and community organizer. Born on June 18th, 1942 in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland. Died, August 22nd, 2003 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, of liver cancer, aged 61.
There is an old song from County Clare, on Ireland's west...
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Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
While the love affair between Ireland and Canada goes back to St. Brendan the Navigator in the 6th Century when he is reputed to have sailed in a leather boat from County Kerry to Newfoundland (a voyage that was recreated by Tim Severin in 1977), many of the ancestors of present day Irish Canadians...
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Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
At this stage of the game, Cathal doesn't have to bring his rubber bands and thumb tacks with him when he plays the pianos at his local Legion or beloved Galway Arms.
Back in 1941 during 'The Emergency', he and his band, 'The Black Diamonds' from Castlecomer used to cycle the roads of north...
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