The public is cordially invited to attend the Commemoration of the 174th Anniversary of the wreck of the Brig St. John on Sunday, October 8 at 1:00 pm. Begins with a memorial Mass at Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Cohasset, MA followed by refreshments, a brief speaking program, and laying of a wreath at the Celtic Cross in the Cohasset Central Cemetery. The Brig St. John,
2023 Gold Medal Dinner celebrating the author and journalist, Kevin CullenSaturday, April 22, 2023 at 6pm at Seaport Boston HotelThe Eire Society of Boston 2023 Gold Medal Dinner & Award CeremonyHonoring Gold Medal Award Recipient Kevin Cullen, columnist for the Boston Globe.
By Lynn Bushnell Special to Boston Irish Last August, the President of Quinnipiac University, Judy Olian, announced plans to close the university’s Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum just shy of its 10th anniversary, citing expenses that far outweighed the benefits to its students and the community at large.