Hibernia | Famine
The Circle of Giving Taoiseach Micheál Martin emphasized that the Famine’s lessons of compassion, solidarity, and humanity would resonate with future generations. He spoke at the annual National Famine Commemoration, held on May…
Irish Eye on Hollywood
Walk the Blue Fields Movie productions don’t get much more Irish than the forthcoming romantic drama Walk the Blue Fields, based on the book by celebrated Wicklow-born writer Claire Keegan. Playwright Conor McPherson…
Review of Books
American Dirtby Jeanine Cummins When Stephen King describes something as “one hell of a novel,”…
The Un-Quiet Ghosts of the Carricks
Bones of Irish children were found 170 years after they died on a “coffin ship”…