My Name Is Not Patty or Paddy.
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 [...]
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Are Ghost Writers the Only Ghosts at Port Richmond Bookstore?
(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 [...]
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The Drs. Watson and Duffy’s Cut
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 [...]
Read MoreEinstein Healthcare Network to Hold Free Tay-Sachs Disease Screenings for Irish Population March 4, April 20 & May 13, 2013
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia is offering free Tay-Sachs disease screenings to those of Irish descent in March, April and May. Screenings — which involve a simple blood test — are free to those who participate. To be eligible, participants must be at least 18 years of age and have at least three grandparents of Irish [...]
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John Ruddy Goes Home to Donegal — The Remains of 18-year-old Immigrant Found at Duffy’s Cut to be Reburied in Ardara
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 [...]
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Irish Mystic and Angel Communicator Lorna Byrne to Speak in Chestnut Hill
World famous mystic, author and angel communicator, Lorna Byrne, will be interviewed by the Very Rev. E. Clifford Cutler, the Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill on Sunday, March 17. Following the interview, Ms. Byrne will take questions from the audience and then will meet with and give individual blessings to all [...]
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AOH Launches National Campaign to Halt Sale of Offensive T-Shirts
By Sabina Clarke Several weeks ago, Denny Gaw, Pennsylvania president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, AOH, was alerted to the fact that Spencer Gifts was selling tee shirts that depicted the Irish in a negative and shocking manner, “I got an email from our members in Pittsburgh that Spencer Gifts had these tee shirts [...]
Medic Without Borders—The Life and Times of Jim McCans
Caption: Medic Jim McCans at home with daughters (left to right) Brenn, Killeen and Kerry | Photo © Katharine Gilbert By Sabina Clarke Where to begin with this remarkable story. It’s heroic fantasy that movies are made of. It is about Jim McCans, Director of Paramedics for Haverford Township—a brave man [...]
Breaking Bread with Father Berrigan
By Sabina Clarke When I first called Father Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, teacher, poet and scholar to schedule an interview, he had company and asked me to call him the following morning adding, “If you don’t get me , keep calling because I am worth it.” I squeezed in a question about his [...]
The Commissioner’s Pride—Armed with Words
By Sabina Clarke Tommy Gibbons has vivid memories of riding with his Dad, Philadelphia’s First Police Commissioner and the City’s Top Cop in Car One, a big unmarked car with a blaring siren and flashing red spotlight. He remembers the time his father and namesake, Thomas J. Gibbons, Sr., suddenly turned a corner at Somerton [...]
