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  • My Ireland, Stephen James Smith

    My Ireland, Stephen James Smith

    St. Patrick’s Festival commissioned Irish poet and playwright, Stephen James Smith to pen a poem in response to the Festival theme for 2017 which he has entitled ‘My Ireland’

  • St. Patrick’s Day on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

    St. Patrick’s Day on Fogo Island,  Newfoundland, Canada

    On Fogo Island, an island off the island of Newfoundland, Canada, the Irish heritage runs four centuries deep. Fogo Island Inn’s neighbouring community of Tilting is where families with Irish surnames such as Foley, Dwyer, Burke, Greene and McGrath reside. There are no strangers on the island, only friends you’ve yet to meet. Family names, […]