12 Days in Boston, Special Commemorative Edition – Boston City Paper
Ireland’s Best Church Choir Visits America’s Best Irish City Holy Trinity Abbey Choir of Limerick
They came to sing at Masses but they sang anywhere, at the drop of a coin. They sang at the airport, the hotel lobby, the State House and the Higgins’ home.
Growing up in Boston, I can’t remember a soul from Limerick, Ireland.
Good deeds of Billy Higgins and Southill Children’s fund received praises of Irish leaders here and abroad
As a result of the fund, many children from South Hill were able to visit the Boston area and stay as guests by supporters of the fund. In May, State Sen. Jack Hart accompanied Billy Higgins to Ireland where they dissipated in a golf tournament organized by a local committee which funds raised going to […]
The South Boston to Southill, Ireland, Connection
Southie’s Billy Higgins Has Built a Charitable Bridge Between the Communities
Retired South Boston businessman Billy Higgins says “I’ve been blessed in life. That’s why it’s so important for me to give back to others.”
In Higgin’s case, a great many of the “others” who have benefited – and continue to benefit – since 1985 from his commitment live in Southill housing project, just outside Limerick. Higgins, who has traveled numerous times to the neighborhood, is the founder of the Southill Children’s Fund, which through a variety of educational and sports programs, has made an immense difference in the lives of the neighborhood’s young.
BILLY HIGGINS – One Man in the Name of Love
As over one hundred Southill children settle back into life in Limerick again after a unique three weeks spent in Boston, Liz Ryan reviews their American tour and takes an affectionate look at the man who made it all possible.
