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The Boston Revolutionary Irish Trail

Here in New England, the Irish and Scots-Irish played pivotal roles during the Revolutionary War and…

Ireland Celebrates its Cuisine

By Irish Boston Tourism Newsroom In 2026, Ireland is dedicating the entire month of August to…

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The Boston Revolutionary Irish Trail

Here in New England, the Irish and Scots-Irish played pivotal roles during the Revolutionary War and…

Ireland Celebrates its Cuisine

By Irish Boston Tourism Newsroom In 2026, Ireland is dedicating the entire month of August to…

Boston Pilot

First Poem of William B. Yeats Published in Boston by Catholic Newspaper

History & Heritage, Irish Boston History

Photo of William Butler Yeats, Courtesy of the Poetry Foundation W. B. Yeats, Ireland’s influential poet and writer, born in Dublin on June 13, 1865, had a longstanding connection to…

Photo of William Butler Yeats, Courtesy of the Poetry Foundation W. B. Yeats, Ireland’s influential poet and writer, born in Dublin on June 13, 1865, had a longstanding connection to Boston dating back to his early days as a poet. The Boston Pilot, a weekly Irish Catholic newspaper, is said to have published his first…