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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Catching Up with Carrie Twomey…The Battle to Quash Subpoenas in Boston and Belfast
Photo © Katharine Gilbert By Sabina Clarke Recently I caught up with Carrie Twomey, safely ensconced with her husband Dr. Anthony McIntyre and children in County Louth, Ireland. McIntyre , who conducted interviews with former IRA members in the Boston College oral history project documenting ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and ‘ Belfast Project ‘Director [...]
Philadelphia Social Worker Is Finalist in Rose of Tralee Competition
Photo © Katharine Gilbert Havertown resident Elizabeth Spellman, the Philadelphia Rose of Tralee, a 27-year-old social worker at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia will return to Ireland in August to compete in the finals of The Rose of Tralee International Festival, one of Ireland’s longest running and most prestigious festivals, for the coveted title of The [...]
The Story of Elizabeth McMenamin
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 [...]
The Day of the Rope 2012
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. [...]
