Irish American Partnership supports Irish push to enhance science education

By Joe Leary
March 1, 2016
Joe Leary

Over the past 10 years Boston’s Irish American Partnership has sent more than $800,000 to support Ireland’s emphasis on science education for its young people who, 30 to 50 years from now, will be guiding the country’s future.

A strong educational system that produces first class scientists, serious thinkers, and aggressive businessmen and women will help to insure Ireland’s place in our competitive changing world.

The Partnership’s nationwide base of donors is providing ongoing funding for science teaching research, teacher training, and science- teaching materials.

Green is very much in for St. Patrick’s Day

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
March 1, 2016

The stunning success of the Galway/Dublin Irish Hurling match at Fenway Park has left its imprint on the old ballyard at the Fens.
There was a definite tint of Irish green there last November as almost 30,000 spectators watched the hurlers on a rainy Sunday afternoon just hours after the stadium was packed for a Saturday night match football game between Boston College and the “Fighting Irish” squad from Notre Dame.

Greenhills Bakery marking 25 years with monthly donations

By Bill Forry
March 1, 2016

Members of the Youth Board of Directors of the Martin Richard Foundation gratefully acknowledge a $1,000 check donated to the foundation by Dermot and Cindy Quinn of Greenhills Irish Bakery. The Youth Board’s next project will be producing Easter baskets for homeless kids in Dorchester. Front row, from left: Jane Richard and Peter Datish. Middle: Annie Jackson, Denise Richard, Ava O’Brien, Liley Damatin, Jack Burke, Cindy Quinn. Back: Dermot Quinn, Henry Richard, Bill Richard.Members of the Youth Board of Directors of the Martin Richard Foundation gratefully acknowledge a $1,000 check donated to the foundation by Dermot and Cindy Quinn of Greenhills Irish Bakery. The Youth Board’s next project will be producing Easter baskets for homeless kids in Dorchester. Front row, from left: Jane Richard and Peter Datish. Middle: Annie Jackson, Denise Richard, Ava O’Brien, Liley Damatin, Jack Burke, Cindy Quinn. Back: Dermot Quinn, Henry Richard, Bill Richard.

Greenhills Irish Bakery in Dorchester’s Adams Village is marking a quarter-century in business this year by donating $1,000 per month to local charities. They started with a hometown favorite: The Martin Richard Foundation, named in memory of the eight-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed in the 2013 Boston Marathon attack.

Greenhills’ owners Dermot and Cindy Quinn presented a check on Feb. 25 to Bill and Denise Richard and members of the foundation’s Youth Board of Directors, including Martin’s siblings, Henry and Jane. The board is now working on a project to make Easter baskets for homeless kids in the neighborhood.

The Quinns opened their Dorchester store in 1993, but their business began in 1990 when Dermot started making brown breads in his South Boston apartment using his grandmother’s secret recipe from County Offaly.

Walsh: St. Patrick parade route to stay shortened

By Jennifer Smith
March 1, 2016
Jennifer Smith

Scene from the parade 2014. Chris Lovett photoScene from the parade 2014. Chris Lovett photo

The South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sun., March 20, will be shortened for the second consecutive year, according to Mayor Martin Walsh’s office. It will keep to the abbreviated trek – about half the traditional route, centered on Broadway – that was set up after snow clogged the city last year. Parade organizers had hoped that the traditional parade route would be restored.

"After consulting with Commissioner Evans, I have decided that it is in the best interest of public safety, while balancing the historic tradition of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, to use the same route that we did last year for this year's parade," Walsh said in a statement released on Tuesday.

A RISING TIDE OF REBELLION: In March 1916, Boston’s Irish were divided over the move toward armed revolt in Dublin

By Peter F. Stevens
March 1, 2016
Peter F. Stevens

Third in a four-part series.

In Boston and other Irish-American centers in March 1916, few knew how close to armed rebellion the Irish Republican Brotherhood and an array of other Irish men and women in Ireland stood. Nationalists, socialists, workers, intellectuals, and proponents of women’s rights – all had their own agendas, and all were willing to fight for a free Ireland.

Walsh to join Cardinal O'Malley on July trip to Knock

By Jennifer Smith, Reporter Staff
February 17, 2016
Jennifer Smith, Reporter Staff

Mayor Martin WalshMayor Martin WalshMayor Martin Walsh will journey to the Knock Shrine in Ireland this July with Cardinal Sean O’Malley, a return to his roots and site of great personal significance, the mayor’s office told the Reporter on Wednesday.

"I am delighted to be joining Cardinal O'Malley as part of the pilgrimage from Boston to Knock Shrine for the rededication ceremony of Our Lady's Basilica, a shrine which has personal meaning for not only myself but Irish people everywhere,” Walsh said in a statement. “This visit will highlight the strong economic and cultural ties that Boston shares with the West of Ireland. I look forward to participating in this historic event and to continuing to work to strengthen our connections with Knock and all of Ireland."

Walsh traveled to the Emerald Isle in 2014, his first international trip as mayor of Boston, for 10 days across the country of his family's origin.

Easter Rising topic of BC forum with Rep. Richard, Neal, Mayor Walsh

By Jack Dunn
February 9, 2016
Jack Dunn

Springfield Congressman Richard Neal and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will share their insights on Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising at an event at Boston College’s Gasson Hall on February 22 at 6 pm. “Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising,” is sponsored by Boston College and the Boston College Center for Irish Programs. Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley will offer opening remarks.

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