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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, 2017

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I’ll be updating this post through the day with news of the Irish and Irish America on this special day.

  • Donald Trump’s ‘Irish proverb’ was probably not Irish, PolitiFact
  • Trump and Ryan’s embarassing St. Patrick’s Day mishaps (video), The Washington Post
  • Ireland’s prime minister calls on Donny Boy, with the wrong message, Salon
  • Ireland looks to a progressive and potentially united future, The (U.K.) Independent

  • US media highlights Kenny’s ‘lecturing’ of Trump on immigrants, The Irish Times

  • The jounrey of Mike Pence’s grandather from Ireland, The New York Times

  • Remarks by President Trump and Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland at Friends of Ireland Luncheon, White House
  • Remarks by the Vice President to the American Ireland Fund National Gala, White House

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This entry was posted in Arts & Culture, History, Irish America, Politics, Religion and tagged Donald Trump, Enda Kenny, Michael Higgins, Mike Pence, St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2017 by admin.

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Writer, editor & historian. Developing a book on U.S. press coverage of the Irish revolution. Free press supporter. Pittsburgh native, North Kerry roots.

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markaholan Mark Holan @markaholan ·
10 Aug

The August 1922 deaths of two Irish journalists https://www.markholan.org/archives/12430

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via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/david-mccullough-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare

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4 Aug

For anyone who missed it, check out my blog post based on interviews with journalists who covered the Northern Ireland Troubles. See link below https://twitter.com/markaholan/status/1554083556783276035

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Delighted to welcome @danielmcarey as a new guest post contributor. He interviewed several Irish journalists who covered the Troubles for his PhD thesis at @DCU. Those were the days foreign correspondents filled Belfast hotels such as the Europa. See https://www.markholan.org/archives/12420

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