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When she was growing up in Ireland, the first thing Mary Swanton remembered hearing about from American tourists was something called a three-decker. “My Dad was a tour driver and Dad and Mom often had us play our musical instruments for the Americans when they were there,” she said. “I remember that I was six years old listening to Americans who were talking about Boston, and

One of the city’s finest leaders of the last half-century will be feted on Friday at a gala dinner that benefits the organization he served with distinction starting in 1971. John Drew, 85, retired from his top role at Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) in June, but Friday’s Community Heroes Celebration will serve as John’s big send-off in front of a large audience

Three leading Bostonians of Irish ancestry were honored last Friday (Oct. 28) at a luncheon before an audience of 350 guests at the Seaport Hotel in Boston’s Seaport district.  Legendary Boston College hockey coach Jerry York, the developer and philanthropist Jon Cronin, and Irish Pastoral Centre Executive Director Mary Swanton of Dorchester were recognized for their

Three leading Bostonians of Irish ancestry were honored this week at an October 28 luncheon before an audience of 350 guests at the Seaport Hotel in Boston’s waterfront seaport district. Legendary Boston College hockey coach Jerry York, developer and philanthropist John Cronin, and Irish Pastoral Center executive director Mary Swanton were recognized for their achievements in

By Ed Forry, Boston Irish publisherSimon Coveney, TD, Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense was among the first guests at the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum when public gatherings were resumed on April 29, participating in a one-hour discussion with Dr. Bob Mauro, director of the Boston College Irish Institute and founding director of BC’s Global Leadership

Last week, the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s board of directors approved a plan to build a new $50 million fieldhouse in Dorchester’s Columbia Point neighborhood. The vote was unanimous, and for good reason: This project, once completed, will be a game-changer for the kids in our city who deserve the sort of state-of-the-art, indoor facility that will be built along

By Ed Forry Our Galway correspondent, Larry Donnelly, contacted me this month to introduce Sharon Fitzpatrick, the development director for COPE Galway, a social services agency in that city. “She is eager to establish relationships with Irish Americans in Boston and New York,” Donnelly told me, “Specifically those with ties to Galway and the west of Ireland – and to raise

By Ed ForryRoughly 200 people gathered in chilly weather late Sunday afternoon (Jan. 16) at a candle-lit prayer vigil for a young teacher who was murdered last week near her hometown in Ireland. Ashling Murphy, 23, was assaulted and killed while out for a run on the Grand Canal Walk in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, last Wednesday, an unsolved crime that has shocked the Irish people

Aer Lingus Boston flights to Shannon to ResumeBy Ed Forry, Boston Irish PublisherThe Boston to Ireland’s Shannon Airport flights, popular with New Englanders with family ties in the west of Ireland, will resume in the spring, Aer Lingus has announced.

By Ed ForryBoston Irish PublisherDaniel Mulhall became Ireland's 18th Ambassador to the US in August 2017. A native of Co. Waterford, he holds degrees in modern Irish history from University College Cork. He is a 43-year veteran of Ireland’s Dept of Foreign Affairs, and has served in New Delhi, Vienna, Edinburgh, Malaysia, and Germany.