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News about the Irish & Irish American culture, music, news, sports. This is hosted by the Irish Aires radio show on KPFT-FM 90.1 in Houston, Texas (a Pacifica community radio station)
April 28, 2011
Irish News for 04/28/11 (posted 10:21pm CDT)
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On Tuesday April 26 1916, 95 years ago this week, many people in Galway town were gripped by rumour and hysteria. Rebellion in Dublin had been the sole source of conversation the evening before, but now telegraph lines were cut down, no trains were running, and news that rebellion had broken out in
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Nationalist neighbours in west Belfast get royal wedding party invitation - Northern Ireland, Local.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk The Royal wedding celebrations are coming to the nationalist heartland of west Belfast, with residents planning a ground-breaking cross-community street party in honour of William and Kate.
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Myles Walter Keogh (March 25, 1840 June 25, 1876) was an Irishman who fought in Italy during the 1860 Papal War before volunteering for the Union side in the...
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128 men or 15% of the total Seventh Cavalry's roll were born in Ireland. Of the 268 soldiers killed during the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 34 were Irish. ...
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Col Bachman, right and below, bought the 200-acre Liss Ard estate, above, in the 1970s -- reportedly with the intention that it should be used as the base of a Swiss government in exile in the event that the country was invaded by the Soviet bloc.
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This Irish Government supported, official web site, dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations
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Join us for a wonderful evening of verse in the lovely setting of Butler House. Our guest poet Kerry Hardie will read from her works, followed by Open-Mic readings from local poets. All are welcome.
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The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Telephone: 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272
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AOINE -- On April 29, 1916, surrounded and driven from their position in the GPO, with James Connolly severely wounded, and having little hope of help from outside the city, Patrick Pearse and the leaders of the Rising were faced with a decision. All of them were more than ready to die fighting for
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The Hibernian Festival Singers, whose repertoire includes Irish traditional and popular songs, classical music and American patriotic tunes, perform next Saturday at Hofstra University.
Government continued to play down likelihood of bailout after discussions began – report · TheJourna
www.thejournal.ie New documents have revealed that cabinet ministers continued to play down talk of a bailout even after a decision had been made to seek financial assistance from the EU and IMF.
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The government is planning a referendum to remove a safeguard on a judge's pay, as part of its series of reforms.
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Two separate reports indicate that more and more Irish families are being pushed into poverty as record numbers contact advisory services seeking help.
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But the good news is that we're having more babies than we were a decade ago.
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WHILE the glare of the world media focuses on a certain wedding in Westminster tomorrow, in California a young Irish woman will be enjoying her own night in the spotlight at an awards ceremony dubbed the Oscars of surfing.
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Don't say we don't look after you: here's the best of the week's online action.
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The Irish Uprising 1916-1921 - Please read the info . this is not my album i got this off the net . it is not a video but an album . some good speeches and songs i think this is an american take on the uprising , well because an american seems to ...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES:The celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising ended with the unveiling at Arbour Hill cemetery of a plaque with the names of some 60 volunteers who died in the Rising by president Éamon de Valera. This is an extract from the report of the event. – JOE JOYCE
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Klaus Regling, now CEO of the EU's European Financial Stability Facility , gave this list of factors at a presentation to the Institute of European
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Retail sales fell 1.7% in March 2011 compared with the same month last year, according to new data released by the Central Statistics Office today.
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