Posted by kristenmccann on May 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
(Above: From left: Greg Gillespie, Irish Edition writer Frank Dougherty, book dealer Dave Miller, and paranormal investigator John Levy discuss the weird occurrences taking place at Port Richmond Books. — Photo | Jim Talone) By Frank Dougherty Gregory Gillespie these days is trying to solve a mystery every bit as intriguing as the plots of the [...]
Category Books, Features, History, Local News, People · Tags at Port Richmond Bookstore, Deen Kogan, Frank Dougherty, Ghosts, Greg Gillespie, Investigators, Jim Talone, John Levy, Olde City, Paranormal, Port Richmond Books, Richmond Theater
Posted by kristenmccann on March 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Caption: In honor of the one-year anniversary of the burial and memorial service for five Duffy’s Cut workers, West Laurel Hill Cemetery hosted a Memorial Service on March 9. Among those attending were members of the excavation team (l. to r.) Rev. Dr. Frank Watson, Joe Conte, Charles Markward, Kris Panos, Taylor Sims, Matthew McStravog and [...]
Category Features, History, Local News, People · Tags 2013, Bob Gessler, Duffy's Cut, Edward Costello, Irish Memorial, Jim Coyne, John Dougherty, Judge Edward Bradley, Kathy McGee Burns, March 17, Marita Krivda Poxon, Mayor Michael Nutter, Michael Bradley, Mike Flynn., PA Sen. Mike Stack, Timmy Kelly, Tom O’Malley
Posted by kristenmccann on March 15, 2013 · 2 Comments
Click Here to view the entire IRED March 2013 front page. By Kristen McCann After the New Year passes, and March rolls around, Saint Patrick’s Day is here again. It is a time for the celebration of St. Patrick and his gift of Christianity to Ireland, helping Ireland to identify with the shamrock. But, somewhere [...]
Category History, Homepage Featured Article, People · Tags front page, Irish Edition, March 17 2013, mick, paddy, patty, Saint, St. Paddy's Day, St. Patrick, St. Patty's Day, Stain Glass, stained glass, taig
Posted by kristenmccann on March 4, 2013 · 1 Comment
CAPTION: Dr. William Watson and his twin brother, the Rev. Dr. Frank Watson, have led the investigation into the slaughtered Irish railway workers found at Duffy’s Cut. By Dr. William Watson The remains are the first-found set of remains from Duffy’s Cut in 2009, originally designated as SK001, AKA John Ruddy. Ruddy was an 18-year-old immigrant from Donegal who died [...]
Category History, Homepage Featured Article, Local News, People · Tags 2009, 2012, 2013, Bill Watson, campus, Commodore Barry Irish Center, donated, Donegal, Dr. William Watson, Duffy's Cut, Earl Schandelmeier, Fr. Lafferty, Frank Watson, funeral director, grave, Immaculata University, immigrant, Irish Community, John Ruddy, parish priest, Philadelphia, reburial, Seamus Sholvin, SK001, Vincent Gallagher
Posted by jduffin on September 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Once again we have several versions of a dog breed’s name, and the Irish language version offers a further variation. In English today, the usual term is “Kerry Blue Terrier.” In Ireland, the dog may be called the “Irish Blue Terrier,” and this was particularly true in previous decades, notably in the [...]
Posted by jduffin on September 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Sabina Clarke There is a parallel to be drawn between the U.S. and Ecuador with the news that Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder hunted by the U.S., Britain and Sweden, has been granted asylum by the courageous little country of Ecuador. Ecuador has the temerity to stand-up to Britain, a former superpower while displaying [...]
Posted by kristenmccann on July 16, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you would like to read the previous article on this subject click here By Sabina Clarke As of today July 15th, former IRA member, author and journalist Anthony McIntyre, his American wife Carrie Twomey and New York author and journalist Ed Moloney are in a waiting game—hoping to hear if their request for an [...]
Category Books, History, Interviews, People, Viewpoint · Tags ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Anthony McIntyre, Bloody Sunday, Bob O'Neill, Boston College, Boston Globe, Boston University, Brendan Hughes, Carrie Twomey, Court of Appeals, Dolours Price, Ed Moloney, First Circuit Court, First District Court, Gerry Adams, HET, Hillary Clinton, Historical Enquires Team, IRA, Irish America, Irish Republican Army, Jean McConville, Judge Juan Torruella, Kevin Cullen, Micheal Martin, MLAT, murder, Mutual Assistance Legal Treaty, New York Times, Nora Field, Norman Baxter, Northern Ireland, Obama, Paul Bew, Peter Robinson, Police Service of, President, Royal Ulster Constabular, RUC, Sabina Clarke, Sinn Fein President, tapes, The Belfast Project, The Irish Government, U.S., U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Ulster Volunteer Force, US, UVF, Voices from the Grave, Wilson McArthur
Posted by kristenmccann on July 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Tom McGrath, a world-renowned long distance endurance runner and a Hibernian has agreed to run from Midtown Manhattan to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to raise funds and awareness for the proposed Monument to Commodore John Barry at The Barry Gate of the Naval Academy. The Commodore John Barry 250 Mile Run is [...]
Category Events, History, Local News · Tags 250 Mile, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Annapolis, Barry, Commodore, fundraiser, John, Manhattan, reception, Run, Seamus Boyle, Solo, U.S. Naval Academy
Posted by kristenmccann on July 14, 2012 · 2 Comments
From County Mayo to Philadelphia, to San Francisco, to Waikiki, to Vladivostok, to Pearl Harbor By Susan Haggerty from the research of Margaret McMenamin–O’Byrne and Sean McMenamin, grand niece and nephew of Elizabeth McMenamin. The harvest was the worst since the Great Famine and the same blight had returned to destroy the year 1879’s crops. It had also been [...]
Posted by kristenmccann on July 10, 2012 · 2 Comments
Photo Above: Msgr. Francis A. Carbine (right) is with Father Patrick Gallen Schoenauer and Father John McFadden. Photo | Victor Izzo By Msgr. Francis A. Carbine I never imagined that I would celebrate Mass inside a cellblock in a prison presided over by a watch tower. Yet, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, I did precisely that. [...]
Category Events, Features, History · Tags Betty Lou McBride, Carbine, Day of the Rope, Diane Prokop, Jim Thorpe, Maguires, Mauch Chunk, McBride, Molly, Monsignor, Ms, Msgr., Msgr. Francis A. Carbine, Museum, Old Jail Museum, PA, prison, Tom McBride, Victor Izzo