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Initially driven to Boston by the potato faminewhich struck Ireland between 1845 and 1849, theIrish continued to flow to Boston and Cambridge,turning City Hall and the world of the Hub into anIrish center...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pubs Bring Ireland To Hub | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson sentits own set of relatives, cousins Doran and Green.Green had been kept out of the doubles lineup allweekend to keep an injured knee as fresh aspossible. And while the cousins had not playedtogether all year, that is not to say they wereunfamiliar with each other--the pair were theIrish National Champions in the junior ranks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Tennis Wins ECACs | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

Robinson popularized the Irish presidency byworld travels and constant interactions with theIrish people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Will Bestow Nine Honorary Degrees | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...portrayal of the church is possibly themost interesting contradiction of the novel. Onone hand, the novel is deeply involved with theIrish Catholic tradition. His characters pray whenwake up, before they eat and when frightened. Theparish is the center of the village, educating thechildren, caring for the sick and ringing thebells that determine meals, sleep and work. At thesame time as the life of the village is steeped inthis tradition, though, there is the suggestionthat this religion is deadening, hypocritical andpossibly evil...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Responding to the Call of the Great Blue | 5/15/1998 | See Source »

...until The Drovers find a new song-writerand a new singer, wish them "the luck of theIrish" and let them drone on. Phoebe Cushman

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: A Band With a Mission--and a Bus | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

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