Dad's Visit to Ireland Makes The Paper

The Asbury Park Press ran a nice story about my father and some other New Jersey Irish on their recent visit to Ireland.

When Americans gather for a parade or a march, there are usually bands, banners, floats and people lining the route to watch.

But in Derry, Ireland, a march to mark the 33rd anniversary of Bloody Sunday was a somber and mostly silent event, except for a piper or two.

"What amazed me was that no one was there early to line up for the march. There were only a handful of people and then all of a sudden there were thousands," said James F. Lowney of Dover Township, who traveled to Ireland with a 100-member American delegation from the Ancient Order of Hibernians to take part in the march.

Posted by Jim at March 6, 2005 04:54 PM