Liam: The Shock
of Recognition
Los Angeles Times film reviewer Kenneth Turan wryly observed that Liam, director Stephen Frears’s British…
A Family Tradition
The Murphy family business, which originated in 1939 with Margaret Murphy of Ballybofey, Co. Donegal,…
A Link With The Past
How many hours did you spend learning your catechism? Could you still answer your questions…
Absolutely Beautiful
Enter any bookstore, be it mom and pop or chain retailer, and there are sure…
Aer Lingus Survival
Package Agreed by EU
Ireland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, has been pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy by…
America Rising
Everyone knows where they were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when the horrific news broke….
Avon Puckers Up
In October Avon announced that it would donate the largest single corporate foundation gift ever…
Book Reviews
A sampling of the latest Irish books on offer. ℘℘℘ RECOMMENDED The scope of Tim…
Breaking The Barrier
Elizabeth Frances Martin talks to artist Elizabeth O’Reilly. “At first, it was hard for me…
Celebs $hare
Last month “America: A Tribute to Heroes,” the telethon featuring just about everyone in the…
Christmas was Magic and Magic was Mother
One Christmas was so much like another in those years, to borrow a line from…
Cleary Makes Health Clearer
Award-winning host for Ireland’s best Anchor of a News Magazine Show, Siobhan Cleary is bringing Health…
Concern In Afghanistan
“…We could see them [the Taliban soldiers] setting fire to houses on the hills around…
Croke Park Today
Brian Rohan visits Croke Park and finds it utterly changed, except for the heartbreak. ℘℘℘…
Duly Deserved
Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition, Margie McHugh has build a coalition of…
Father Mychal Judge
Fire Chaplain Mychal Judge arrived just as bodies were falling like missiles from the sky….
For the Little Ones
Renowned broadcast journalist, Maria Shriver is know to millions of people who can’t even stay…
Green Dragon Raises Green
On September 21, Irish musician Tom Carroll belted out “America the Beautiful” and kicked off…
Hearts & Soles of Gold
On September 4 Collier Wimmer of Winston-Salem, North Carolina turned nine. On September 11 she…
In The Line of Duty
The New York Fire Department suffered harrowing losses on September 11. Pete Hamill writes on…
IRA Dispose of Weapons
An historic breakthrough was made in the Northern Ireland peace process at the end of…
Ireland’s National
Day of Mourning
Thousands of people queued for hours in front of the American Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin,…
Irish Roots:
Some Light on the Dark Clan
The name Delaney comes from the Irish O’Dubhshlaine. Its earliest anglicized form is O’Dulany with…
John F. Kennedy: An Appreciation
Young people today know John F. Kennedy primarily for being assassinated and for his presumed…
Loyalist Ceasefires
Declared Over
The Northern Secretary John Reid announced recently that he considered the ceasefires of three loyalist…
Moll Loves NY
On November 14, Town Hall, New York City will be lit up with stars of…
Murphy’s Lauder
After seven years, actress/model/producer Elizabeth Hurley will be sharing the commercial spotlight of Estee Lauder…
Music Q&A: A Wake Up Call
The Cranberries performed to a small audience at the Bowery Ballroom in downtown Manhattan on…
Paddy’s Gold
In my father’s town, Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland, market day still goes on in a…
Portraits by the Artist
With the tragedy of September 11 there were smaller cultural casualties too. Set to launch…
Protests at Catholic School
North Belfast, Oct. 23 – Loyalist protestors who have spent the last eight weeks blocking Catholic…
RUC Guilty in 1969 Attack
The family of a Derry man who died in 1969 three months after being savagely…
Sláinte: Christmas Is Coming & The Goose Is Getting Fat
Christmas is one of those words that immediately brings thoughts to mind. First, and foremost…
Solas for Clinton
The Irish Immigration Center in Boston is having its annual fundraising awards luncheon on November…
Steering The Tricycle
Nicolas Kent, the man behind the Tricycle, the uniquely innovative theater in Kilburn and launching-pad…
Straight to the Heart
The Grand Dame of the Big Band era is still moving hearts. The houselights in…
The Chieftains Hold
New York’s Hand
“Will you hold my hand?” asked Lauren Murphy as she braced herself to greet her…
The First Word:
God Bless America
“With liberty and justice for all.” –Pledge of Allegiance ℘℘℘ This may be the most…
The Story of the Irish Diaspora Wherever Green Is Worn
The Irish Diaspora is the outworking of two forms of colonialism, those of Mother England…
Those Whom We Lost
They were busboys and bankers, grandmothers and newlyweds, firefighters, soldiers, tourists and priests. More than…
Top Hat!
Hat designer and IA covergirl Marie Galvin joined the 7th Anniversary Gen Art’s Fresh Faces…
Tourism Slump
Predicted To Hit Economy
Ireland is facing its worst tourism slump in more than ten years as a result…
Cover Story
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Music Q&A: A Wake Up Call
The Cranberries performed to a small audience at the Bowery Ballroom in downtown Manhattan on…