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The peace process has brought a measure of calm to Northern Ireland, but the Gloucester County Ancient Order of Hibernians pauses to remember 10 men who played such a critical role in a more turbulent time.

As they do every year, a small group of stalwarts remember the promise of a united Ireland.

It’s been a long time coming, but welcome to Irish Philadelphia’s first genealogy column. “Who’s Your Granny?” makes its debut with a subject close to the hearts of the Irish—family stories.

The remains of one of the 57 Irish immigrants who died during a cholera epidemic more than 180 years ago will be buried in Ireland on March 2. A local Irish community leader, Vincent Gallagher, donated a grave in his family plot to bury 18-year-old John Ruddy, who died at Duffy’s Cut.

There was music, dancing, singing and some interesting lessons in Irish-American history at this local author’s book signing at the Irish Center.

Members of the archeological team that unearthed the story and some of the bodies of a group of Irish immigrants who died in 1832 under mysterious circumstances at a railroad work site took part in a theatrical presentation of this real-life drama on Sunday night at the Irish Center.

Remains of five Irish immigrants–four men and one woman–were buried with reverence and affection at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd after spending 180 years, forgotten, in a mass grave in Malvern.

A documentary on the future of Ireland’s traveling people will be screened at the University of Pennsylvania Museum on Sunday. Joseph Lennon, director of Villanova’s Irish Studies Programs, answers our questions about these often maligned, often romanticized nomadic people.