The USS Patrick Gallagher is taking clear shape with an anticipated launch date roughly a year from now in the summer of 2024. The Gallagher, named after U.S. Marine and County Mayo-born Vietnam war hero Patrick, is being built at Bath Iron Works in Maine. As of two weeks ago, the ship, officially designated DDG … [Read more…]
In March 1984 I was shot as I and four friends drove from Belfast Court. We were driving up May Street at the back of the City Hall when our car was fired on from a passing vehicle. Four of us – myself, Sean Keenan, Joe Keenan, and Kevin Rooney – were hit. Bob Murray … [Read more…]
News May 12, 2023 by Irish Echo Staff Iona will hold its first commencement as a full university on Friday, May 19. And the first commencement keynote speaker will be Irish. Maggie Timoney, CEO of Heineken USA will be delivering words of advice and encouragement to the Class of 2023. And it will be a … [Read more…]
Liam Lynch was killed by the Free State army in the Knockmealdown Mountains in Tipperary on April 10th a hundred years and one month ago. Lynch, a political purist and sincere idealist, was the leader of the Republican insurgency in the Irish Civil War. After his death, Frank Aiken and other leaders of the anti-treaty … [Read more…]