Boyle native, Hilary Beirne, recently became the newest member of the Irish Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), in Washington D.C. .
Longtime Designer, Author, Educator, Leader
Patrick Michael Redmond, M.A., an Irish American graphic designer, artist, author, former art director and retired educator, has received an inaugural 2021 Irish Echo Arts & Culture Award. He was honored with several other award recipients – only Patrick was primarily identified as “designer” or “graphic designer” – in a virtual celebration broadcast from Ireland in late April. The honorees are “arts and culture heroes of the pandemic from across Irish America who have kept our spirits high since March 2020 with their music, acting, art and cultural endeavor,” according to The Irish Echo website. Honorees received a medal and a certificate and appeared on the special awards program. The Irish Echo Newspaper is the largest circulation Irish American weekly newspaper and was founded in 1928; you can see the event replay here.