Word: maher
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Such time-honored traditions as St. Patrick's Day parades, dressing in green and consuming large quantities of green alcohol are "more Irish-American than Irish-Irish" in their roots, said Brendan A. Maher, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...Maher, who was raised in Ireland, said he is amused at how Americans celebrate the Irish national holiday...
...Maher said he saw his first St. Patrick's Day parade in Buffalo, New York. "It was really quite astonishing to me at the time. It was funny, because St. Patrick's Day isn't celebrated much at all in Ireland," he said...
...Maher pointed out that because St. Patrick's Day is an official feast day on the Roman Catholic calendar, the holiday "is much more religious in Ireland...
...much out of and gave as much to the program as any player in the history of Harvard basketball," junior Erin Maher says. "She led by example...