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High Peaks Happy Hour: P-2’s Irish Pub, Tupper Lake
The brick building, trim and neat, stands just feet from the sidewalk on Main Street in downtown Tupper Lake. P-2’s Irish Pub, illuminated in red and green neon, replaces its former moniker, Al’s...
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Shaving Begins for 5th Adirondack Donegal Beard Contest
Participants in the 2013 Adirondack Donegal Beard Contest are shaving their facial hair in preparation for growing their Donegal Beards for this year’s contest to grow the best Irish beard. New...
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James Barry: Friend of the Working Man
Nearly a century ago, a North Country man played a role in one the most remarkable murder cases in New York State history. Attorney James J. Barry was a Keeseville native, born there in late 1876 and a...
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Raquette Lake Mystery: An Albany Mayor’s Secret Irish Family
One mystery remains which my research into the early cabins on Raquette Lake’s Indian Point has never fully solved. Why did the last two generations of our family have no knowledge of the original...
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Planned For Chestertown
The Tri Lakes Business Alliance will present its fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chestertown on Saturday, March 12, 2016, with a step-off at 1 pm. The parade will start at Foster Flats Road...
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Local Irish History Focus of Exhibit, Programs
The Ticonderoga Historical Society has released a line-up of exhibits and programs for 2016. Principal exhibits will include a look at pivotal world events through Adirondack eyes. Opening March 18, A...
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Plattsburgh Irish Festival This Weekend
The City of Plattsburgh has been trying out new events every other month as well as growing its ongoing activities, according to City of Plattsburgh Events and Promotional Coordinator Sandra Geddes....
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Irish Songs Every St. Paddy’s Day Celebrant Should Know
This year (2016) marks the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca) the armed revolt which lead to the establishment of the Irish Free State and the freedom from British rule in 26...
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Indian Lake Irish Road Bowling
From green beer to corned beef and cabbage, some of the most popular St. Patrick’s Day traditions in America have little connection to Ireland. Not to downplay the importance of dressing in green,...
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Irish Fenians In The North Country
Today we would label them a “paramilitary organization.” In the years immediately following the American Civil War, life in the Adirondacks was briefly interrupted by the Fenians, also known as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High Peaks Happy Hour: P-2’s Irish Pub, Tupper Lake
The brick building, trim and neat, stands just feet from the sidewalk on Main Street in downtown Tupper Lake. P-2’s Irish Pub, illuminated in red and green neon, replaces its former moniker, Al’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shaving Begins for 5th Adirondack Donegal Beard Contest
Participants in the 2013 Adirondack Donegal Beard Contest are shaving their facial hair in preparation for growing their Donegal Beards for this year’s contest to grow the best Irish beard. New...
View ArticleClik here to view.
James Barry: Friend of the Working Man
Nearly a century ago, a North Country man played a role in one the most remarkable murder cases in New York State history. Attorney James J. Barry was a Keeseville native, born there in late 1876 and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raquette Lake Mystery: An Albany Mayor’s Secret Irish Family
One mystery remains which my research into the early cabins on Raquette Lake’s Indian Point has never fully solved. Why did the last two generations of our family have no knowledge of the original...
View ArticleClik here to view.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Planned For Chestertown
The Tri Lakes Business Alliance will present its fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chestertown on Saturday, March 12, 2016, with a step-off at 1 pm. The parade will start at Foster Flats Road...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local Irish History Focus of Exhibit, Programs
The Ticonderoga Historical Society has released a line-up of exhibits and programs for 2016. Principal exhibits will include a look at pivotal world events through Adirondack eyes. Opening March 18, A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plattsburgh Irish Festival This Weekend
The City of Plattsburgh has been trying out new events every other month as well as growing its ongoing activities, according to City of Plattsburgh Events and Promotional Coordinator Sandra Geddes....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Irish Songs Every St. Paddy’s Day Celebrant Should Know
This year (2016) marks the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca) the armed revolt which lead to the establishment of the Irish Free State and the freedom from British rule in 26...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Indian Lake Irish Road Bowling
From green beer to corned beef and cabbage, some of the most popular St. Patrick’s Day traditions in America have little connection to Ireland. Not to downplay the importance of dressing in green,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Irish Fenians In The North Country
Today we would label them a “paramilitary organization.” In the years immediately following the American Civil War, life in the Adirondacks was briefly interrupted by the Fenians, also known as the...
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