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After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old designer decided to move back to Dublin after years living in Arizona. Walsh says living abroad for so long caused her family to return "more aware of our background and our 'Irishness.' So when we came back in 1988 and had children, we wanted them to have our culture...
...Walsh, like more and more Irish parents, sends her children to a school where all the lessons are taught in Irish - Ireland's indigenous Celtic language. Over the past decade, gaelscoileanna, as the schools are called, have become one of the fastest-growing sectors in Irish education. And though they still only comprise 5% of Ireland's schools, their number has tripled since the early 1990s...
...This was great preparation for Saturday,” Caples said. “Princeton will be a very similar opponent to Boston College. Our speed of thought and speed of execution needs to get to this level.” —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...little things that are going to make a difference. We can’t shut down, stand around, and wait and watch for someone else to step up. Accountability is probably the number one thing to learn from this.” —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...Everybody’s shots have been great lately,” Keating said. “I think we’re going to have a lot of goals for the rest of the season.” —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...