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Celtic Supporters Club Meets at the Plough
The Second Street Plough Bhoys Celtic Supporters Club met Sunday at the Plough and Stars in Old City to watch the Celtics take on the Rangers and recently celebrated their 10th Anniversary. (The Celtics won 2-1.) Photographer Tom Keenan was there to catch all the action. The Plough Bhoys, Philadelphia’s premier Celtic supporters club, are celebrating their 10th anniversary.
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Irish Poet Takes New Post at Villanova
Each spring since 2000, Villanova University chooses a distinguished Irish writer to hold its Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies. Named for a Villanova graduate who was former CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb and US ambassador to Sweden, the Heimbold chair has since become one of the most prestigious Irish studies positions in the United States. The 2023 Heimbold Chair holder is Mary O’Donoghue, who has published books of award-winning poetry which include Tulle (Salmon Poetry, […] Read More
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Looking Back at Philly St. Patrick’s Parades Past
These photos were taken over the years by Denise Foley, Gwyneth MacArthur and Jeff Meade. They cover many years of Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day parade, from 2006 on until 2022 (with a two-year gap for covid). You’ll see dancers, pipers, grand marshals, cute faces on the parade route and on the sidelines–along with some old familiar faces, some of them long gone but still remembered and cherished. We will let the photographs do the talking […] Read More
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