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Congressional Corner with Richard Neal - Part 3

Alan Chartock — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Europe’s financial fortunes have a major influence on the rest of the world.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Democratic Representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that Ireland is making a slow comeback.

Pittsfield Welcomes Irish Visitors

Lucas Willard — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Members of Pittsfield’s Irish sister city committee welcomed guests from Ballina, Ireland on Friday afternoon at Pittsfield City Hall.

Rob Dwyer, president of the Irish Sister City Committee said that since Pittsfield chose Ballina as its sister city in 1998, due to similarities in its “small-town” feel and economy, the two communities have grown close.

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

Joe Donahue — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

John Kelly’s new book about the Irish Potato Famine is deeply researched, compelling in its details, and startling in its conclusions about the appalling decisions behind a tragedy of epic proportions.

It started in 1845 and before it was over more than one million men, women, and children would die and another two million would flee the country. Measured in terms of mortality, the Great Irish Potato Famine was the worst disasters in the nineteenth century—it claimed twice as many lives as the American Civil War.