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City Councilor, doctor dedicated to the city’s homeless population among those honored at Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry breakfast

March 17th, 2019 Comments Closed

DORCHESTER — More than 200 guests packed the parish hall in the basement of St. Margaret’s Church to support the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry, which helps thousands of people make ends meet each year. Last year’s breakfast raised more than $100,000 in donations for the Food Pantry, which is located in the basement of this church, part of St. Teresa of Calcutta’s Parish, right next to where the event is held each year on…

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Boston: Irish / Recent Events

The Ireland Fund’s Young Leaders hold Boston event

March 15th, 2019 Comments Closed

BOSTON — 450 guests attended The Ireland Fund’s Young Leaders annual St. Patrick’s party, which was held at the Wharf Room in the Boston Harbor Hotel. All photos by Bill Brett

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Fallen Sgt. Sean Gannon recognized at 14th annual Cape Cod St. Patrick’s Parade

March 10th, 2019 Comments Closed

YARMOUTH — Thousands lined the route of the 14th annual Cape Cod St. Patrick’s Parade, which was held on Saturday, March 9, as K9 Nero walked alongside Grand Marshal Peter McClelland, retired Yarmouth Police K9 officer. This year’s parade was held in honor of slain Yarmouth Police Officer Sgt. Sean McNamee Gannon and his K9 partner Nero, who together marched in last year’s parade. Sgt. Gannon, 32, was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant…

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Charitable Irish Society honors two at Copley Plaza event

October 8th, 2018 Comments Closed

*UPDATED: More photos added to gallery. COPLEY SQUARE — The Charitable Irish Society held its annual Silver Key Awards Reception at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Oct. 4. The Society, which was formed in Boston in 1737, honored Paul Doyle and former state senator Linda Dorcena Forry at the event. The Society was started to “cultivate a spirit of unity and harmony among all resident Irish and their descendants in the Massachusetts Colony and…

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Boston: Irish / Obituary

Commander Robert L. Gillen, the 59th Commander of the USS Constitution, has died

July 7th, 2018 Comments Closed

CHARLESTOWN — Commander Robert L. Gillen, right, the 59th commander of the USS Constitution, has died. He is shown in this photo with U.S. Navy Commander Sean D. Kearns, the 73rd commander, which was taken for Bill Brett’s fifth book, “Boston: Irish,” which was published in 2014. Commander Gillen was 85. The two were photograph by Bill on the deck of the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned naval vessel, which is oft-called “Old Ironsides” after…

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