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\"\"By Paddy McCarthy<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes! It\u2019s back! Of course, I am talking about the Celtic Cruise<\/strong> that everyone has been waiting for as this is always one the biggest Irish community events in the Big Apple\u2019s calendar. After the pandemic cancelled the 2020 and 2021 June cruises, the members of NY County AOH Div. 7<\/strong> decided to hold their annual Celtic Cruise in October this year.\u00a0Save the date: Wednesday, October 6th, 2021. I will be there, will you? Don\u2019t miss out, the craic is mighty and what a way to meet friends again. <\/p>\n

The Celtic Cruise supports the Emerald Isle Immigration Center<\/strong>. This year live music will be provided by Celtic Cross<\/strong>, The Cunningham Brothers<\/strong>, Shay Mac Band<\/strong>, Celtic Blend<\/strong> and a trad seisiun with\u00a0Ed Bowles<\/strong>\u00a0& friends. Tickets are on sale at\u00a0CelticCharity.com<\/a> or call (212) 717-9955 for more information. <\/p>\n

\"\"This obituary I am sad to say that I missed for our last issue on a man who dedicated a lot of time to organizing the New York City Saint Patrick\u2019s Day Parade<\/strong>. His name is Doctor Patrick Joseph Delamere<\/strong> who worked quietly in the organizing capacity of the parade. The news came to me from Hilary Beirne<\/strong>, Chairman of the Saint Patrick\u2019s Day Parade New York that I received a little late to publish, so I decided to print it this week in my Out&About on this great man: \u201cWe are deeply saddened to inform the community of the passing of longstanding and beloved member of the Parade\u2019s committee, Dr Patrick J. Delamere.\u00a0Dr. Delamere passed to his eternal glory on July 10, 2021. He was deeply devoted to the Parade attending all except one since 1945, attending his first at the age of four with his parents. For the past ten years we were very grateful for his service every March 17th as Chairman of the Line of March on Fifth Avenue. Dr. Delamere will be sadly missed by his wife Kathleen, his children, grandchildren, member of the Parade\u2019s Board of Directors and\u00a0all members of the Parade Committee.\u201d <\/p>\n

Patrick Delamere grew up in Manhattan and graduated from All Hallows and New York Chiropractic College,\u00a0earning the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. He practiced for 59 years, while caring for tens of thousands of people. Patrick and Kathleen Delamere married in 1964 and they have five children, Kieran, Siobhan, Fiona, Brendan and Deirdre and 17 grandchildren. Dr. Delamere was a retired colonel in the New York State Guard for 10 years and a resident of Mahopac for 53 years. We here at The Irish Examiner USA would like to send our condolences to the Delamere family. <\/p>\n

Aer Lingus<\/strong> have let me know that starting from last Monday (July 19th) Ireland has re-opened for non-essential travel from North America! Whether you\u2019re going reunite with friends and families or finally getting to take that long-overdue vacation, they\u2019re looking forward to welcoming you on-board! For reservations call (516) 622-4222. I personally can\u2019t wait as it has been two years since I took a trip home to Ireland and boy am I looking forward to it. <\/p>\n

Did you see that first Richard Branson<\/strong> and now Jeff Bezos<\/strong> have now been into space as astronauts. This is just brilliant for these men and their guests to visit space. Bezos, of course, is one of the world\u2019s richest men and does not have to worry about going to the pawn office anytime soon I am sure and Richard Branson is not to far behind him either. No, no, I do not begrudge them as I said it\u2019s just fabulous that they can do it and I know I won\u2019t get that chance, Now they both started from humble beginnings in two different parts of the world, Branson was selling secondhand records in London, England and Bezos was selling books out of his garage in Houston, Texas where he founded\u00a0Amazon\u00a0 on July 5, 1994 and the rest is history. Branson\u2019s business sold records for considerably less than the \u201cHigh Street\u201d outlets, especially the chain\u00a0WH Smith. Branson once said, \u201cThere is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration\u201d and he\u2019s right and again the rest is history. The motto of my story is never give up trying as you never know what\u2019s around the corner for you and again nothing comes easy, I should know. <\/p>\n

Here is something of great interest that I received from the Emerald Isle Immigration Center<\/strong>. The NYC Vaccine Referral Program<\/strong> says\u00a0if you get vaccinated at an\u00a0NYC-run site, you can select\u00a0Emerald Isle Immigration Center\u00a0as a sponsor and the organization will receive $100 \u2013 an easy win-win! Make your referral when you schedule an appointment online at\u00a0nyc.gov\/vax4nyc<\/a>\u00a0or walk up to any NYC-run site! You will need to use the sponsorship field and select\/type\u00a0Emerald Isle Immigration Center\u00a0from the drop-down list under the personal information page. Now that is something you should do if you\u2019re ready to be vaccinated and you also helping a good cause. <\/p>\n

The great Andy Cooney\u2019s Cruise of Irish Stars<\/strong> is ready to go again and if you are ready too he has one of the best Irish Cruises out there at the moment. He will be sailing from January 25th -February 5th, 2022 and he\u2019s got one of Ireland\u2019s top tenors performing in Ronan Tynan<\/strong> plus a lot of Irish super stars as well as himself and his band. For bookings you can call Travel Professionals at (800) or email travelpro@warwick.net<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hope to see you all again when I am Out&About… <\/p>\n

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