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Local Irish organizations gathered Sunday at the gravesite of Joseph McGarrity in Holy Cross Cemetery to recall the 1916 Easter Rising.

Irish groups will gather Sunday at Holy Cross Cemetery to recall the sacrifices of the 1916 patriots. Patricia Noone Bonner explains why she and many others still care.

A visit to his local church recalls earlier times in history for essayist Tom Finnigan–when visitors weren’t always welcome at the site where the Lagg Chapel now stands in Malin, Inishowen, County Donegal.

Does the spirit of Ma McGillin still tend bar at McGillin’s Olde Ale House in Center City? The owners think she does. Their staff has seen her. And, there’s a photo!

A Mass of remembrance for the 13 men and boys killed during the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” protest in Derry draws dozens to the Irish Center.

Two more bodies have been found at the Malvern site where a group of young Irish laborers died mysteriously in the 1830s. The archeological dig may also be a crime scene.

This weekend, the author of a book on Irish domestic servants will talk in Philadelphia about the major role Irish immigrant women played in making the Irish part of American society. Here, she talks to Lori Lander Murphy about that great American hero–the Irish Bridget.

Musician and folklorist Mick Moloney appeared at Villanova this week to relate the curious story of how the Irish and the Jews became fellow travelers on the road to making popular music. You may be surprised to learn who really wrote “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?”