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From the Hibernian Independent

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Here, there, everywhere on St. Patrick’s Day
Here, there, everywhere on St. Patrick’s Day

“In sunshine and in shadow” members of The Portland Hibernian Society and friends gathered at The Cross on Mount Calvary on March 17, 2025.

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The Spirit of Our Irish Ancestors Remembered on St. Patrick’s Day
The Spirit of Our Irish Ancestors Remembered on St. Patrick’s Day

The March meeting of the Portland Hibernian Society will take place Monday, March 17 10:30 A.M. at The Cross of the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

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Oval Office Visit ON. St. Patrick’s Day ON.
Oval Office Visit ON. St. Patrick’s Day ON.

Will it just be shamrocks, smiles, hand shakes and some blarney on March 12 when Ireland’s leader visits the White House? Or will tariffs, Gaza and Ukraine come up for discussion?

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Will Trump host the Taoiseach on SPD in the Oval Office?
Will Trump host the Taoiseach on SPD in the Oval Office?

The latest word on whether Ireland’s Taoiseach will meet with President Trump at the White House on Saint Patrick’s Day is that a visit may be scrapped if there’s a government shutdown.

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From the Blog

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SF Great Famine Memorial by SFGate
SF Great Famine Memorial by SFGate

San Francisco seems to be on track to fund and build the San Francisco Irish Great Famine Memorial Plaza. The location is in the northwest corner of the City and will initially be a plaza overlooking the 17th hole (par 3) of the Lincoln Park Golf Course looking out on the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Peter Yeates and Ken Larson: Bringing the Irish. By Daniel J. Curran 
Peter Yeates and Ken Larson: Bringing the Irish. By Daniel J. Curran 

If Irish songs were miles, Peter Yeates and Ken Larson would have been around the globe a couple of times by now. Daniel J. Curran writes about where they’ve been all these years.

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Tim Egan talks about being Irish American, Oregon, Notre Dame and the collapse of the KKK
Tim Egan talks about being Irish American, Oregon, Notre Dame and the collapse of the KKK

Author Tim Egan appeared in Portland at McDaniel High School on Jan. 16. He told students there that he wrote The Immortal Irishman to remind his fellow Irish Americans that they were once unwelcome immigrants.

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Portland’s Irish Potato Famine Memorial

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Build the Nation: A Blessing
Build the Nation: A Blessing

by Father Jim Galluzzo. Delivered at the fifteenth anniversary of the dedication of the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial - 13 December 2023 - Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland Oregon.

Oregon Potato Famine Memorial 15th Anniversary
Oregon Potato Famine Memorial 15th Anniversary

In the summer of 2023, the newly appointed Consul General of Ireland on the West Coast, Micheal Smith, came to Portland to visit the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial. Here’s the presentation given to familiarize Smith with its back story and the accomplishment this Memorial represents for local members of the Irish Diaspora.