For our final #IrishAmericanoftheWeek for 2022 we're looking at Bruce Springsteen. While the singer may have been "Born in the U.S.A.", Springsteen's family tree can be traced back to County Kildare, his ancestors emigrated from Ireland in 1853
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- 🇺🇸🇮🇪 Thanks to Ambassador Claire Cronin @USAmbIreland for hosting the visiting delegation from @NCSLorg!
- Our #IrishAmericanOfTheWeek is Dr. Kathy Sullivan, who was the first U.S. woman to do a space walk. She also became the first woman to explore the deepest point of earth’s ocean. Sullivan was born in New Jersey but her grandfather came to the U.S. from Kerry.
- 🇺🇸🇮🇪 Today the New Jersey AISLC visited with US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin @USAmbIreland. Ambassador Cronin, a former state legislator, understands the importance of these relationships between 🇺🇸&🇮🇪
- 🇺🇸🇮🇪2022 AISLC Bipartisan Leadership Rep Killian Timoney of Kentucky, Rep Fran Hurley of Illinois, Sen Shannon O’Brien of Montana, Assemblywoman Carol Murphy of New Jersey, Sen Mark Daly, Chair Senate of Ireland,Sen Mia Costello of Alaska, Speaker Robin Vos of Wisconsin
- 🇺🇸🇮🇪 Chairs @SenatorMarkDaly & @Shannon4Montana meeting legislators & members of the AISLC from Montana, Nevada,Oklahoma & Kentucky before the Caucus meeting tomorrow @NCSLorg #NCSLSummit the Caucus is open to everyone those of Irish Heritage & those who are supporters of Ireland
- In 2021 we celebrated 40th anniversary of the New York American-Irish Legislators Society,this was 1 of only 4 Irish Caucus’s in 🇺🇸 Now there is now leadership of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus in 50 States. @SenKennedy of New York has been a leader in 🇮🇪🇺🇸 relations
- Our #IrishAmericanoftheWeek is Princess of Monaco and former Hollywood star, Grace Kelly. Kelly was the granddaughter of Irish immigrants. She would go on to visit Ireland three times and find her roots in County Mayo.
- With over 30 million Americans having Irish ancestry, the first stop of our Irish visit was the @EPICMuseumCHQ It covers the history of the Irish diaspora & emigration to other countries The museum won Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction from 2019 to 2021 #AISLC #AmericanIrish
00:00 - Oklahoma Irish American State Legislators Caucus bipartisan gathering to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 🇮🇪🇺🇸🍀 @MaryBorenSD16 @hicks4ok @ForrestBennett @KayFloydOK
- United States Ambassador to Ireland & former Massachusetts State Legislator, with a wonderful St Patrick’s Day message 🇮🇪🇺🇸🍀 @USAmbIreland
- Montpelier City Councilor Conor Casey @conorowencasey receives his Certificate of Membership for the American Irish State Legislators Caucus: open to all those with Irish heritage and supporters of Ireland 🇮🇪🇺🇸
- Early start in Meath this morning with a visit to New Grange @newgrangeknowth @opwireland for our State Legislators from Oklahoma & Montana, Newgrange is the best known Irish passage tomb and dates to c.3,200BC making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids
- An interesting insight into politics in Northern Ireland, hosted by Speaker @AlexMaskeySF with representatives from the 5 main parties in Northern Ireland held today in Stormont. #AISLC #AmericanIrish @niassemblyHighlights from the Speaker's opening remarks at today's @AmericanIrishSL event in Parliament Buildings. The Speaker welcomed the delegation and spoke about the importance of the visit in "establishing further building blocks of cooperation."
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