Film Forum: Land of the Second Chance
Once the most popular form of American filmmaking, the Western has not fully recovered from…
Music: From a Whisper to a Scream
“Sometimes it is a spiritual experience, but most of the time it’s not…You have to…
Photo Album: Gracie’s Crossing
Grace Boner was born December 10, 1904 in Altmore near Burtonport in the Rosses, County…
Sláinte! The Feast of Lughnasa
The most joyous event of the Celtic year is Lughnasa (August 1), the beginning of…
The First Word: “Dear Sir or Madam”
When Northern Ireland comes to lunch, it can be uncomfortable. It nags at complacency and…
A Call to Remember
The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the…
A Little Bit of Ireland in the U.S.
Williamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at…
Amnesty Celebrates 40 Years
W.B. Yeats had his second coming on June 11 with actors, writers, and other members…
Arthur Gelb – An Honorary Irishman
Irish America publisher Niall O’Dowd presented Arthur Gelb with a Waterford Crystal Harp at his…
Book Reviews
FICTION For almost five decades now, legendary newspaperman Jimmy Breslin has dispensed wisdom, wit and…
Carlin Redux
George Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm &…
Christina Aguilera’s Irish Roots
“A lot of people get all in a fuss about Christina wanting to explore her…
Ellis Island in Cyber Space
In April of 2001 Ellis Island opened its doors to more people than ever before…
Fundraiser for Irish Breast Cancer
The New York dinner for the International Breast Cancer Foundation for Ireland was held at…
Ireland Votes NO on Nice
European Union foreign ministers, furious at the Irish electorate’s decision to reject the Nice Treaty…
Irish Theater Loses a Voice
The creative community suffered a grievous loss when actor, drama teacher, artistic director and founder…
Jeremy’s in the Pink Mumba Doesn’t Mind
Wrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks’ remake of the 60’s film, The Time Machine….
Kevin’s Seagull
New Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre’s production of…
Lacey Meets Brecht in Dublin
Tyne Daly, known to TV viewers as Mary Beth Lacey, takes on a new role…
Michael Flatley Goes One More Round
Michael Flatley was eleven and living in Chicago when he first saw Irish step dancing….
Northern Roots Southern Branches
Will a re-examining of the Ulster Scots advance the idea of a “pluralist society” or…
Passings
John Joseph Moakley Irish America lost a skilled and big-hearted leader with the death on…
Reba’s Toothache
Reba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new…
Remembrance
The potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible…
Sinn Féin Surges Ahead
On election day in Northern Ireland, David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and…
Sister Act
How a committed sister freed her brother from prison. In 1980 the body of Katharina…
Songs of the People
Tom Russell’s folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history. Singer and songwriter Tom Russell…
St. Patrick’s Day in May
The sign in the display in Clery’s shop window on Dublin’s O’Connell Street said it…
Sweet Avondale
California redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park…
The Bellow of Great Airs
The wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a…
The Hottest Thing in Hats
It’s a hot night in Boston, hotter still in the narrow space of Studio Soto…
The Irish Brigade In the Civil War
“When anything absurd, forlorn, or desperate was to be attempted, the Irish Brigade was called…
The Rep Takes Broadway
Séan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones…
U.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry
The U.S.-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) has called on the British government…
Cover Story
News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
MORE
Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
MORE
Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
MORE
Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
MORE
Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
MORE
Photo Album: Gracie’s Crossing
Grace Boner was born December 10, 1904 in Altmore near Burtonport in the Rosses, County…