Hibernia Archive
Hibernia: Those We Lost
Those We Lost Emmett O’Connell (1936-2024) Emmett O’Connell died on September 14, 2024. Named for…
Hibernia: In the News
Historic Elections in Ireland, UK Recent elections in Ireland and the UK have been characterized…
Hibernia: Events
Queen’s Announces Seamus Heaney Fellows for 2024-25 Fiona Benson, Jan Carson, Declan Lawn, and Adam…
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Carlin Redux
George Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm & Silly Putty, the comedian and commentator, has something to say about everything from capital punishment […]
Reba’s Toothache
Reba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new sitcom set to launch on the WB this fall. The show, called Deep in the […]
Sweet Avondale
California redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park in County Wicklow about an hour’s drive from Dublin. Avondale, now a national historic site […]
A Little Bit of Ireland in the U.S.
Williamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at this colonial oasis was to steer clear of shamrockery, yet still create a family environment […]
A Call to Remember
The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the United States. But how does one show that the one million dead were once living, […]
Remembrance
The potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible and invincible,it stuck across Europe, the same sudden, unstoppable invasion everywhere. Infection, corruption, devastation.But Ireland […]