The Irish Network Boston will partner with the Consulate General of Ireland on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 5- 7 pm, for a special evening celebrating Bloomsday. Scenes from Ulysses will be brought to life by David Gullette, showcasing the wit and frivolity distinctive to Joyce's work. David Gullette is Professor Emeritus of English at Simmons College, where he taught Modern Irish Literature for many years, including a James Joyce course. He is also a poet, actor, and playwright, and Literary Director of the Poet's Theatre in Cambridge.

All are cordially invited to join with members of the Boston Irish Community
For the blessing & dedication of

The Great Hunger Memorial
(An Gorta Mór)
on Deer Island, Boston Harbor

Saturday, May 25, 2019
10:00 am on Deer Island

BY FRANCIS COSTELLO
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
To describe Bill O'Donnell as one of a kind is to short-change this estimable man’s life and times.
Honorable and decent to the end, he was deeply proud of the America he loved - and whose uniform he wore - and of the Irish heritage he embraced in all its aspects. A man of many talents, Bill was also modest. An Marine who served during the Korean War, he declined military honors for his funeral, telling his family: “Look, I never got shot at!”