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Get in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit as early as this weekend
BOSTON—Boston is already gearing up to celebrate its favorite holiday – St. Patrick's Day!
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How to mix up some St. Patrick’s Day cheer
Celebrating the day devoted to Ireland's patron saint in the Christian calendar is officially marked with parades in Boston, New York, Chicago and elsewhere. But for many the day is a celebration of Irish culture, and that can include pub-crawls in South Boston or a quieter gathering at
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Diversity, race, ethnicity, and privilege
I am an American. That designation being insufficient for purposes of the diversity-accountants of the modern civil-rights movement, I am a straight, cis-gendered male of European ancestry, particularly Irish. Apparently, this means that I am the product of privilege. I am, in the sense that that I was born into
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Pols trade swipes, sing songs at St. Patrick’s Day ‘love-in’ brunch
Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys won applause at Sunday morning's St. Patrick's Day breakfast when she said the Irish in Massachusetts have thrived in politics, business and culture, and called Boston "the Irish capital of America." Noting she'
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Review: An American look at Irish history
"There are two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were." As an Irish-American, I have always been proud to count myself as part of that first group. Growing up, however, I did not know much of
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Irish ancestral records available online for free
BOSTON (AP) – Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, genealogical research website Ancestry.com is making 10 million Catholic parish records from Ireland – some dating to 1655 – available online for free to help people trace their Irish heritage. The goldmine of information, available without cost for a week
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