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This
week's Irish quiz
St. Patrick is patron saint of which African country? When did the
shamrock become the national emblem of Ireland?
A
Saint Patrick's Day Reflection: What Does it Mean to be "Irish"?
When your specialty is Irish genealogy, you are often confronted
with the question of, "How do you define Irish?". This
question especially hits me around Saint Patrick's Day...
St
Patrick's Day in the rare ould times
St Patrick's Day in Dublin is not what it used to be. For one thing,
it is no longer a "day". It is a "festival",
with a year-round staff, a logo, an office...
St
Patrick's Day: A Great Day for the Irish
Millions of people decked out in vibrant green throng city streets
the world over. Pipers skirl out martial tunes. Dancers jig and
reel with steps that would take your breath away.
Saint
Patrick's Day in Peru
As Irish emigrants have scattered across the globe, St Patrick has
been honoured in unexpected ways and places. But a Peruvian celebration
of 1824 was unique.
St.
Patrick's Day in Vienna, 1766
Without a party to attend, March 17 can be a lonesome occasion for
Irish exiles far from home. To ensure that did not happen, the Spanish
Ambassador to the Court of Vienna invited residents of Irish descent
to a grand entertainment on the feast day of St Patrick in 1766.
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Pressure
on Paisley to Deal
DEMOCRATIC Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley was this week
coming under increasing pressure to sign up to a power-sharing Executive
with Republicans.
Patrick
Legends Questioned
A NEW book on St. Patrick questions the truth of two of the most
famous legends linked to Ireland's patron saint.
Fans
call for return of A Soldier's Song
A section of Irish rugby fans are calling on the game's governing
body to ditch the playing of Ireland's Call at matches and replace
it with the Republic's national anthem instead.- A Soldier's Song
/ Amhrán Na bhFiann - The history of Ireland's Call
Holiday
Booze Clampdown
ST. Patrick's day revelers in Dublin face an unprecedented alcohol
clampdown by cops.
Danger
of disappearing resident parish priests
WHOLE parishes in Ireland will be left without a single resident
priest in 10 years time a senior bishop has warned.
Sacre
bleu! Irish now turn the other cheek
FOR years the French have practiced the art of cheek-kissing among
family and friends. The trend soon caught on in Britain but that
was where it stopped until now it seems.
Language
surge for all-Irish education
THE huge upsurge in demand for Irish-speaking schools may be
attributed to some parents wanting their children to have an all-Irish
education and so avoiding contact with the growing number of immigrant
children in the national school system.
Welcome
Back, Shelbourne
THE grand old dame of Dublin's Stephen's Green, the Shelbourne Hotel,
has reopened its doors two years after it shut down for the first
time in its colorful history for a $132 million makeover.
IRISH ABROAD
US:
Gas
Poisons Dozens at Sligo Ball
PANDEMONIUM ensued at the tail end of the Sligo Association of New
York dinner dance last Saturday evening at Leonard's catering hall
in Great Neck, Long Island when a poisonous carbon monoxide leak
filtered deadly fumes into the banquet room.
Free,
and Honest, at Last
In 2004 Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey made history when
he stood before the media and declared himself a gay American, and
announced his resignation. CAHIR O'DOHERTY spoke to the ex-governor
about his journey through life.
U.S.
Envoy Wants Immigration Reform
THOMAS Foley is a plain spoken businessman who became ambassador
to Ireland in September 2006. He had previously served the Bush
administration in Iraq where he spent seven months, ending in March
2004, helping kickstart the economy there.
Sky's
the limit for US tourists
AMERICAN tourist numbers to Ireland could double to 2million within
seven years.
BRITAIN:
Bank
rejects pensioner's Irish passport as 'foreign'
OPENING an account at her local bank in Hertford was meant to be
a simple procedure for 87-year-old Irishwoman Elizabeth Paoillo.
Leeds
gets a taste of Irish history
A PIONEERING venture has been launched in Leeds to promote a
greater understanding of Ireland and the Irish and highlight the
positive contributions Irish people have made to life in Britain.
THEY'RE
LISTENING: BUT CAN THEY HEAR US?
The countdown to this year's Irish General Election has started
but what will the result mean for Irish people in Britain?.
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Murphy's
Look at The Past
With major roles in Red Eye and Batman Begins, Cillian Murphy has
already achieved international celebrity at the age of 30. The chameleon
Irish actor, whose latest film The Wind That Shakes the Barley opens
this week, talks to CAHIR O'DOHERTY about his new film, Irish history
and why he never hesitated to take the role.
US
Release: A Searing Look at Ireland's Past
KEN Loach's new film, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, is arguably
one of the most violent and shocking depictions of the Irish War
of Independence and the Irish Civil War ever filmed. It's also one
of the most truthful.
Shane's
wedding plans to go up in smoke
Hard-living singer Shane MacGowan has insisted on getting married
in a tent so he can smoke through the ceremony and the reception
at his planned wedding in Ireland this summer.
MANCHESTER:
Huge crowds flock to biggest and best Manchester festival
Manchester turned green last weekend as the city staged its biggest
and best parade to date.
Birmingham
transformed into a sea of green, white and gold
THE sun was shining down on a sea of green, white and gold in Birmingham
at the weekend as tens of thousands of Irish people celebrated the
St. Patrick's parade.
LONDON: London
is set to come alive
MORE than 100,000 people are expected to descend on the centre of
London this Sunday for the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Latest Entertainment
news
Celtic
Bested by Milan, Rangers
CELTIC'S week went from bad to worse when they lost out to a second
half goal from Rangers' former England defender Ugo Ehiogu in the
Old Firm derby at Parkhead on Sunday, days after they made a Champions
League exit in extra time away to AC Milan.
Duddy
Ready to Brawl
IT seems like an age since John Duddy went to war with Yori Boy
Campas last September 29, but the Derry-born welterweight is ready
to make his eagerly anticipated return to the ring this Friday night
at the Theater at Madison Square Garden against the reality boxing
TV show The Contender's season one star Bonsante.
GLORY
BOYS!
London's Robert Emmetts became the first overseas club side in the
history of the GAA to win an All-Ireland final on Sunday and boy
did they do it in style!
Irish
contenders in short supply for Cheltenham
For the first time in more than a decade there are no serious Irish
contenders for the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Triple
Crown is only the beginning
It is a sign of the progress made by Irish rugby in recent seasons
that the final whistle at Murrayfield on Saturday which delivered
the Triple Crown for Ireland did not unleash scenes of unbridled
joy as it would have just a few short years ago.
Dublin
silence their critics
The Dublin footballers produced the perfect answer to their critics
as they swept past a Cork side lacking bite in midfield and imagination
in attack.
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Talk
the walk
"London," says Tony McDonell, "is not the great Irish
city that say Boston or Liverpool is. Nonetheless when it comes
to the political, artistic and cultural development of Ireland London
is only second to Dublin."
Nice
weekend break
The chic but laid back city of Nice is regarded as the capital of
the French Riviera and makes a first-class centre from which to
explore the rest of the Cote d'Azur.
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Let's
Make A Deal
THE election result in Northern Ireland last week inevitably means
the return of devolved government based on power sharing to Northern
Ireland.
Niall
O'Dowd: A Call to Action
BANNERS were held high as the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform
marched into Washington last Wednesday, March 7.
Fear
Spreads as Jobs Exodus Grows
ST. Patrick's Day is almost here. And there's new optimism about
the North after the election last week. Together, surely a cause
for some celebration?.
SIDEWALKS:
A St. Patrick's Day Superhero
MAYBE it has something to do with that special feeling in the air
around March 17 which put this image in my head the comic book superhero
Captain America overcome with righteous rage and smashing the windows
of a Target superstore with his famous "mighty shield."
Cormac
MacConnell: A Dreamer Goes for It!
I THINK this is a heartwarming and beautiful yarn especially because
it breaks the kind of mould you encounter in small towns like the
town of Corofin in North Clare where we lived for a few years in
a rented cottage before moving here.
ASBOs
will not solve the problems facing Ireland
JUST when of all things a rugby match was supposed to denote just
how mature this country had become whatever that is supposed to
mean it seems that we have not really changed that much at all.
Mother, Life, Landscape, and the Connection
Edna O'Brien returns to world of The Country Girls in The Light
of Evening, with the mother-daughter relationship as the main theme.
Imagining the Unknown
In his latest novel, Zoli, Dublin-born Colum McCann proves that
part of his talent as a writer lies in his ability to imagine and
capture the lives of the forgotten and oppressed.
Touring Ireland 2007
Do you fancy a trip to the old country in 2007? Or maybe you have
your dates already booked? Either way, the following event guide
lists upcoming musical, cultural and sporting festivals over the
next six months.
Tara Keeps Her Crown
Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006 and Irish America cover story (Oct./Nov.)
has been called to task about conduct unbecoming a beauty queen.
It seems that the transition from the small town of Russell Springs,
Kentucky to New York City has been a lot to handle for the petite
blonde.
Book corner
Tom Deignan reviews the latest Irish and Irish-American books.
Roots: O'Brien
Liam Moriarty looks at one of Ireland's signature names.
Relief
Via Registry
MET a couple of people at the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform
rally last week in Washington, D.C. who had heard from a friend
of a friend that if a person has been an undocumented resident of
the U.S. for 10 years or more, they could apply for legal status.
Passport
Processing
NOW that American citizens need to use a passport to re-enter the
country by air from Canada and Mexico prior to January 23, a government
issued photo ID would have sufficed there's been a knock on effect
on the time it takes to obtain a U.S. passport.
• Boxty
• Colcannon
• Champ
• Corned
Beef & Cabbage
• Gammon
(Ham) Steaks with Whiskey Sauce
• Beef
and Guinness Stew
• Lamb
Shanks Braised in Stout
Archaeology
of Ireland
The Irish countryside is liberally dotted with traces of the people
who have inhabited the island over the past 9,000 years.
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