Phil Haughey honored by Irish American Partnership

By Ed Forry
November 8, 2019
Ed Forry

The Irish American Partnership Hosted a reception on Thursday, November 7 in the Irish Room of John J Burns Library at Boston College. The event honored Philip Haughey president of the Haughey Company, and welcomed Rev. Gregory Dunstan, the dean of the Anglican St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh (Church of Ireland), and keeper of the Armagh Robinson library, the oldest public library in Northern Ireland. Before an audience of some 40 guests, Rev Dunstan said the library is embarking on a fund drive as it nears its 250th anniversary in 2021.

The Irish have never forgotten their treasured antiquities

By Ed Forry
October 31, 2019


By Judy Enright
Special to the BIR

Ireland is notable for many things, but high on that list is the dedication of its residents and organizations to preserving and sharing treasured antiquities. In cities, towns and across the countryside, there are monuments to the past – buildings, fortresses, castles, churches, abbeys, monasteries, and more, including portal and Neolithic tombs. Rather than plow under such heritage, the Irish respect, preserve, and share their treasures.

About kindness and caring in the middle of nowhere

By R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR
October 31, 2019
R.J. Donovan, Special to the BIR

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, on an otherwise beautiful fall day, terrorists hijacked four planes in the skies over America. All of them were intentionally crashed; two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one into a field in Pennsylvania.
At 9:42 a.m. that day, for the first time in history, the airspace over the United States was shut down and all ongoing private and commercial flights were ordered to land at the nearest airport.

Corner House sees its music telling of journeys, experiences, and ‘moments lived, and to come’

By Sean Smith, Special to BIR
October 31, 2019
Sean Smith, Special to BIR

By definition, a corner house sits at the edge of a crossroads, in close proximity to all manner of passersby happening through the intersection. In the same vein, Boston quartet Corner House lies at a musical crossroads, its doors and windows open to the musical styles, genres, and philosophies at the metaphorical intersection: Irish/Celtic, bluegrass, old-timey, New England contra dance, plus contemporary and singer-songwriter folk.

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