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Irish Culture Boston Presents Atlantic Steps (IrishCentral)

Atlantic StepsWe are excited to announce the Atlantic Steps will be performing Saturday March 23rd at the Berklee Performance Center for two shows at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pmTickets can be purchased online...

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Irish Pastoral Centre: I am the Bread of Life (IrishCentral)

In today’s Gospel, we hear the continuation of John’s account of Jesus trying to explain to his Jewish kinsmen that he is more than they know He is more than the bread which fed their ancestors in the...

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Congratulations to The Tinker's Son and The Phoenix Landing (IrishCentral)

The Tinker's Son recently won two categories in The Very Best of the South Shore Awards, the 2012 Best Late Night Hangout award and the 2012 Best Irish Pub award The Phoenix Landing was also...

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Senior Notes - Medical Matters, Who is Eligible?, Medicare Recipients...

By Kieran C O’SullivanMedical MattersPrescription Advantage is a state-sponsored prescription drug insurance plan for Massachusetts seniors and disabled residents For people on Medicare, Prescription...

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Irish International Immigrant Center - Congratulations to our summer...

The IIIC would like to congratulate its recent graduating class of Citizenship students The eleven graduates, one of whom is the IIIC’s very own Danielle Owen, spent six weeks learning about US...

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Immigration and US Citizenship - Tax filing without a social security number...

By Kieran C O’Sullivan, Immigration CounselorFrom time to time, we get calls from people who want to file tax returns but are not yet in possession of their social security numbersEach year, millions...

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Irish Cultural Center - Mary McTigue looks back at her first six months as...

Executive director, Mary McTigueChanging leadership in an organization provides for a new perspective in addition to a new face For Mary McTigue, these first six months as the Executive Director of...

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Irish International Immigrant Center - Red Lobsters snap victory from jaws of...

By Jude Clarke, Learning Exchange Programs, Program ManagerIn addition to working in their various youth and community placements in Boston, the Tyrone Donegal Partnership Wider Horizons group has...

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Irish International Immigrant Center - Legal services team prepares to assist...

The IIIC is delighted about the good news from Washington, DC regarding the Deferred Action policy for over one million young, talented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children The...

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Being Young And Irish - taking care of the Irish Diaspora around the world...

Irish students protest forced immigration at the Famine memorial DublinAs I write this, I’m just in the door from the Donegal Youth Council’s end of term celebration evening For the past two years...

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'Every fault is a fashion' - what my grandmother would have thought about...

Serving with kilner jars on a slate(Photo: Yvonne Carty @heypestoie)"Every Fault is a Fashion"I remember my grandmother saying this when I was a child To be honest I never really understood it then...

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Top ten words the Irish use that never fail to confuse Americans (IrishCentral)

By: BERNIE MALONE “You’re a gas man standing there in your runners, not a bother on ye!” If you understand this sentence then you’re well on your way to understanding how the Irish use the English...

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Centuries old diaries reveal summer of flooding rain is nothing new for...

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN Ireland’s miserable summer is nothing new – according to 18th century diaries released online by Dublin City Library. READ MORE

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How a former Catholic nun became one of the first female FBI agents in...

By: HILDA HIGGINS On July 17, 1972, in a historic first, the first two women were enrolled the FBI Training Academy at Quantico, Virginia. READ MORE

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The top ten Irish outlaws and gangsters - SEE PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

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Great fun and games at this year’s Rose of Tralee contest - From milking cows...

Rose of Tralee winner Nicola McEvoyA few days holidays after a few days work - that sounds good to me! As I told you, last week the Rose of Tralee is a marathon and every year I’m a good boy while the...

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Butte, Montana is the most Irish American city according to 2010 US census...

By: KERRY O'SHEA Results from the 2010 U.S. Census delivered surprising results when it named Butte, Montana to be the most Irish-American metropolitan or micropolitan city in the country. READ MORE

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New Irish film that links IRA to Nazis a hit at Montreal film festival -...

By: DARA KELLY 'The Enigma of Frank Ryan,' a new film from Northern Ireland director Desmond Bell, takes a look at IRA activist Ryan, who collaborated with Nazi Germans after they sprang him from a...

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Distant Irish relatives mourn moonwalker Neil Armstrong (IrishCentral)

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN Neil Armstrong’s Irish family are quietly mourning the first man to walk on the moon after the death of the American legend. READ MORE

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A new collection of musical stories about the Irish experience of the US...

By: JANE WALSH As part of an ongoing series Cohesion arts are set to release their second volume of musical stories relating the moving stories of Irish immigrants in the American Civil War. READ MORE

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