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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Bacon Painting Sells for €3 Million
Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards, sold for over €3 million to a private collector at an auction in Christie’s in London, on February 8. Te […]
Those We Lost: Al McGuire
On January 26 the sports and television world lost one of its true champions. Known as “the James Joyce of the airwaves,” sportscaster Al McGuire passed away in his Milwaukee […]
The Brigid Awards
On St. Brigid’s Feast Day, February 1, over 400 people gathered in Chicago’s Drake Hotel to honor women who have shown Brigid-like qualities of justice, compassion and generosity. The Brigid […]
An Irish Laugh-In
Irish comedy has successfully crossed the pond, judging by the feedback from the New York Irish Comedy Festival. No less a celebrity than Moby turned up for the BBC America […]
Jordan to Film Ned Kelly
Irish director Neil Jordan, currently filming The Gambler with Nick Nolte, in France, recently beat off stiff competition for the film rights to Peter Carey’s best-seller The True Story of […]
The Last Hurrah
President Bill Clinton’s third, unprecedented and final visit to Ireland as President had all the feelings of a homecoming. And why not? No other American President has devoted as much […]