Toronto honours its Brothers of the Airwaves

Never have so many been so honoured by, well, so many. For the first time in the history of Toronto's Irish community, the Irish Person of the Year Committee has decided to quadruple its pleasure by honouring the four men who keep the city's...

Saturday, 16 May 2009 | 404 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

Vancouver Olympics aims to be faster, higher, stronger with Irish CEO

As the bobsled driver told his team, it's all downhill from here. So too is it for Irishman John Furlong, 58, the Chief Executive Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralymic Winter Games in Vancouver and...

Saturday, 06 June 2009 | 261 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

The Origin of Canada’s Official National Winter Sport from Hurley on Ice to Ice Hockey

Nova Scotia was still a British Colony at the time that the Irish game of Hurling was introduced to boys at Canada's first college, King's College School in Windsor, N.S. back around 1800, the school having been established by United Empire...

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An Gorta Mór - Lecture by Eamon Ó Cuiv

An Gorta Mór - The Impact and Legacy of the Great Irish Famine Lecture delivered by Mr. Éamon Ó Cuív, TD, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada, on Friday 8 May 2009 ...

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