A guide to Boston’s Irish Heritage Trail
A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.
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Add These New and Old Irish Tunes to Your St. Patrick's Day Playlist
The song — which dates back to the 1800s — was even named the unofficial anthem of Dublin, where you can find a statue of Molly ... Set during the Irish Potato Famine, the song tells the ...
College student launches campaign to stop Dublin statue from being groped: ‘One day I had just had enough’
Cripwell, 23, a student at Trinity College who busks at the statue, is disgusted by its blatant mistreatment, and launched a ...
Campaigner wants everyone to stop groping Dublin’s famous Molly Malone statue
A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a ...
From Kennedy to Curley: Discovering Boston’s Irish history on foot
The Boston Irish Heritage Trail covers about three miles from the Rose Kennedy Garden at Christopher Columbus Park to Fenway ...
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Ireland’s Great Famine occurred almost two centuries ago. But it remains a modern disaster
His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.
Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair
A 9,500-euro chair made with the same historic Irish slate used in Westminster Abbey will be among the main attractions at a ...
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Aid freezes and withdrawals leave Sudan’s needy battling famine alone
Famine, according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has already taken hold in more than 10 areas, with a further 17 reported to be on the brink of famine. Nevertheless, despite the rapidly ...