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Book giveaway spreads luck of the Irish in Parkchester

Volunteers helped spread the luck of the Irish in Parkchester Friday in honor of Irish Book Day. The Irish Arts Center handed out 10,000 novels from Irish and Irish-American authors in an effort to

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