By Megan Gillin-Schwartz Acclaimed journalist and documentary filmmaker Karen F. McCarthy’s non-fiction debut The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals Who Made America (Sterling Publishing, 2011) chronicles the strong, yet under-noted Scots-Irish influence on the shaping of the American character. Her cinematic background shines through as she shares the influence of the distinct culture that...
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You might recognize this dog better by its name in English, the Glen of Imaal terrier. And where’s the Glen of Imaal located anyway? Another alternate name for this dog will clarify – it’s also called the Wicklow terrier. The Glen of Imaal is in the western Wicklow mountains, near the Lugnaquilla massif. ...
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By Barbara Nolan The box full of 2,700-year old dust was quite full, brimming with a golden-looking powdery substance. Its appearance was quite fitting, since it came from drinking vessels inside the tomb of the legendary King Midas (or perhaps his father) who was buried several millennia ago at the site of Gordion in...
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Full Speed Ahead… By John E. McInerney and Russell W. Wylie Commodore John Barry, the founder of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution, will soon be a person of prominence at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In January it was announced that the Academy’s Memorials Oversight Committee approved the Commodore John...
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By Marybeth C. Phillips “Our lives of love and peace should speak louder than words,” said Sr. Pauline McShain, as she reflected on the motto of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, which reads, “Actions not words.” This philosophy is the foundation of every Holy Child ministry established during the past 164 years. Since 1946, when...
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Where will you be this Halloween? If the run-of-the-mill ooohing and aaahing over your friends’ store-bought polyester costumes has you bored, you might try “Terror Behind the Walls” at Eastern State Penitentiary (2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia). Now in its 19th year, this event is one of the most highly regarded haunted-house attractions in the...
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O’Neills from America, Ireland, France, Portugal and Spain Gathered in Paris for An International Association O’Neill Clans By Kathleen O’Neill Benshila The meeting of the International Association of O’Neill Clans is the continuation of a series of events dedicated to celebrating and remembering The Great Hugh O’Neill who, more that 400 years after his...
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Thomas J. Lyons II Writes About Growing Up in Northeast Philadelphia By Dave Duffin As I sit reading You Can’t Get to Heaven on the Frankford El, the book by my pal at St. Martin of Tour’s Grade School in Philadelphia, I occasionally look up at the sun setting on the Pacific Ocean over...
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By Frank Dougherty Northeast Catholic High School for Boys in Frankford, which at one point in its 84-year history had the largest male student body of any Catholic high school in the world, held its final graduation ceremony early last month (Thursday, June 10) for the Class of 2010. “With the Class of 2010,...
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By Sabina Clarke Melissa Genovese is a young, talented and passionate stained glass artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. I met her at Beyer Studio, an architectural stained glass restoration studio/warehouse in Germantown where we discussed her recently completed third commission for Roman Catholic High School, a...
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