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The dedication is scheduled for noon Sunday, April 24, at the monument, which is beside the Morrill Memorial Bandstand at Cole Parkway.

Dedication ceremony taking place.

Annual event was canceled as COVID-19 arrived in March 2020 and was held online last year, making this first in-person celebration since 2019

The event March 13, held along Commercial Street, is organized by the Irish American Club of Maine.

The event March 13, held along Commercial Street, is organized by the Irish American Club of Maine.

Boston College will mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday with a symposium on February 18 and 19. The event, hosted by the Boston College Irish Studies program, is free and open to the public and will include screenings of films based on Bloody Sunday and a presentation from award-winning author Julieann Campbell.

Massachusetts native Claire Cronin will become the 25th US Ambassador to Ireland, and the first female to hold the role in more than 20 years. Cronin was nominated for the role back in June by fellow Irish American US President Joe Biden.

Wicked Local Massachusetts is the most Irish state in the country, and the South Shore is the most Irish area in the country, said Brenda O’Connor, a member of the Scituate/West Cork Sister City Committee and a resident of Scituate, long believed to be the most Irish town in the country. “If anyone needs an Irish Heritage Trail it is us, and that is what we’re trying to do,” she said during a virtual meeting with members of the Sister City Committee and the South Shore Irish Heritage Tr...