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Yes, Virginia (O’Hanlon) There is a Santa Claus

December 23, 2022 by Administrator

In a troubled world, thank God for the gift of hope called Christmas. For all of us, it is a time where we can take an opportunity to at least momentarily free ourselves of the chains of what seems the depressing realities of the world and once again engage in the saintly innocence of children where our eyes are opened to the magic of the universe and the potential of the human … [Read more...] about Yes, Virginia (O’Hanlon) There is a Santa Claus

Al Smith, ‘The Happy Warrior’

September 15, 2022 by Administrator

Alfred "Al" Smith was born on 174th South Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the area where he resided his entire life.  He was the son of Catherine (née Mulvihill), the daughter of Irish immigrants from County Westmeath, Ireland, and Joseph Smith, the son of an Italian immigrant; Smith would always identify with his mother's Irish heritage.  The family was … [Read more...] about Al Smith, ‘The Happy Warrior’

‘King Kelly’

April 22, 2022 by Administrator

In the early days of Baseball, Irish Americans dominated the sport and helped transform it into America's national pastime.  Young men made strong through the strenuous physical labor in what were often the only jobs available to them took what little relaxation they had in the new sport and soon came to dominate it and were innovators who transformed it into the game we … [Read more...] about ‘King Kelly’

The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

January 27, 2022 by Administrator

January 30, 1972, was an uncharacteristically bright and sunny day for an Irish winter in Derry, Northern Ireland.  It was the day of a planned peaceful protest march against the policy of internment without trial instituted by the British Army; a policy that, while allegedly created to curtail sectarian violence, was itself hypocritically sectarian in its targeting of … [Read more...] about The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Fr. Nicholas Callan, Forgotten Genius

October 31, 2021 by Administrator

Fr. Nicholas Callan was born in 1799 in County Louth. He was the fifth of six children born to a prosperous farming family. Noting that their son was remarkably clever, they sent him to the best private school available, which was run by a Presbyterian Clergyman (in the wake of the recent Penal Laws, there were few Catholic school options) while entrusting his Catholic … [Read more...] about Fr. Nicholas Callan, Forgotten Genius

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  • tábhachtach: important June 1, 2023
    Part of speech: adjective Example sentence:Níl sé sin tábhachtach. Sentence meaning: That is not important.

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