Words to abide by from a Silver Key honoree of the Charitable Irish Society

By Ed Forry
November 2, 2018

The Charitable Irish Society presented Silver Key awards to Paul Doyle, an Irish community activist and a volunteer champion of the St. Vincent DePaul Society and other nonprofit organizations, and to Linda Dorcena Forry, a former state senator who is now an executive with Suffolk Construction, at its annual Awards Reception at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Oct. 4.

For Áine Minogue, it’s all about Eve and what she has meant for all of us

By Sean Smith, Special to the BIR
November 2, 2018
Sean Smith, Special to the BIR

The Boston-area Irish harpist and singer Áine Minogue has a certain philosophy about brainstorms: If you have one, don’t get in the way – just let it happen and then figure it all out afterwards. So, a few years ago, Minogue found herself in what she calls “a mad writing fit,” in which hundreds of songs seem to pour out.

NE’s Irish organizations focus on giving a boost to outreach efforts. The agenda centers on many issues

By Dan Sheehan, Special to the BIR
November 2, 2018
Dan Sheehan, Special to the BIR

How can Irish diaspora organizations from across New England find some common ground on how they tell the stories that matter to those who cherish their heritage? That was the overriding topic last month (Oct. 13) at a conference sponsored by the Consulate General of Ireland in Boston and the Irish Cultural Centre of New England at the centre’s facilities in Canton.

The BIR’s Irish Honors speak each year to a heritage of appreciation

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
November 2, 2018

BY ED FORRY
A couple who have spent decades helping Boston kids stay safe and achieve their dreams; a Catholic priest who ministers to the city’s most vulnerable; and a pioneering ENT physician with roots in Dublin.
These were the very worthy honorees at this year’s Boston Irish Honors luncheon, which took place on October 18 in the main ballroom of Boston’s Seaport Hotel.

Hundreds join for St Augustine Cemetery 200th anniversary

By BIR Newsroom
September 28, 2018
BIR Newsroom

St. Augustine Chapel and Cemetery in South Boston began a year-long bicentennial celebration with a ceremony and Mass on Sept. 15.
The cemetery, dedicated in December 1818, was the first Catholic burial ground in Boston, and the chapel is the oldest surviving Catholic church in the Boston archdiocese.
After the cemetery was opened, many Catholics arranged to re-inter the bodies of relatives on its grounds. About 1,000 people are buried there.

‘BRIDGET SUCH A ONE ...’ October brings the anniversary of a tragic immigrant saga

By Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff
September 28, 2018
Peter F. Stevens, BIR Staff

The tragic wrecking at sea of the Brig St. John 169 years ago is an event that resonates especially in 2018 with America tearing along its political, racial, ethnic, and religious seams.
The catastrophe engulfed desperate Boston-bound immigrants off the shore of Cohasset on October 7, 1849. As disaster hit, common humanity trumped Nativist prejudice for an all-too-brief moment.

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