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The World’s Largest Map of Ireland lives in the Emerald Isle of the Catskills. Constructed of over 170,000 bricks in 2001, this awe-inspiring map lives at the Michael J. Quill Irish Centre in East Durham. Each of the 32 counties of Ireland are represented and marked with their county flag. A bricked path bridges the gap between a map of Greene County and Ireland.
Niall Connolly, an Irish-born singer-songwriter who splits his time between Rockaway Queens and East Durham (a.k.a. The Emerald Isle of the Catskills), has a gift for crafting songs of hope during hard times.
Nachos, enchiladas, and some Guinness for dessert: We try the Mexican specialties served at this unassuming roadside diner in the heart of East Durham, the Emerald Isle of the Catskills.
The Irish Catskills: Dancing at the Crossroads, in the words of filmmaker Kevin Ferguson, is "a celebration of Irish culture and a record of how important the Irish Catskills were to the first-generation Irish in America." Here, Kevin talks about how the spirit of this resort town lives on.
