An effort to restore the historic homes of former lighthouse keepers on an island in easternmost Quebec is a finalist in the National Trust of Canada's Next Great Save Contest.
A priceless American flag presented to an Irish pilot, James Fitzmaurice, after becoming the first pilot to complete a transatlantic flight from east to west has been donated to his native Laois almost 100 years after the historic feat.
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