Report From Ground Zero : The Documentary
Dennis Smith’s gripping best-seller Report from Ground Zero will be the basis for a documentary…
Roots: The Keane / Kane Family
Keane and Kane are anglicizations of Ó Catháin from cath, meaning battle. There were two…
Beckett on Film
Cannel Thirteen/WNET’s Stage on Screen is offering a two-part special on Samuel Beckett, the first…
Book Reviews
A sampling of the latest Irish books on offer. RECOMMENDED Telling an as-yet-untold story about…
Caught in the Crossfire
We’re circling Abercorn Street in Derry and Richard Moore, my sunglassed passenger, is pointing out…
Endgame: The Road to Peace in Northern Ireland
“This is the first time the inside story of the Irish peace process has been…
Enrollment Down at Holy Cross
A catholic school whose pupils were forced to run a daily gauntlet of sectarian hatred…
Farewell to Rosemary
The singing legend Rosemary Clooney died on June 29, after a long battle with lung…
Fathers & Sons
Amidst the hundreds of rescue workers searching at Ground Zero in the months after the…
FBI, M15 Ran Secret Informer
The FBI and the British intelligence agency, MI5, operated American spy David Rupert in the…
Having a Care for Irish Emigrants
A new plan that proposes funding to allow elderly emigrants to return to Ireland, and…
Hotelier Paddy Fitzpatrick Passes
One of Ireland’s top hoteliers, Paddy Fitzpatrick, passed away on August 16. He was 72….
Innisfree Holidays Begin
In July, the Langone family – the first of nearly 250 families to take part…
Inside The Maze
The Maze is a one-hour program that explores life inside the notorious Maze Prison (also known…
Into the West & Far East
On a drizzly morning in early summer — what the Irish refer to as a…
Irish Eye on Hollywood
Liam Neeson played German businessman Oskar Schindler in the acclaimed film Schindler’s List. And he…
John B. Keane Remembered
On May 30, 2002, John B. Keane, author, raconteur, and much-loved Kerryman, passed away. Keane,…
Lawyers on Loyalist Hit List
Loyalist killers planned to assassinate not only human rights lawyer Pat Finucane but also two…
Liam’s Collins Connection
Michael Collins (1996) original movie poster. Photo: Wikipedia Though an event…
Music: Blink in America
Blink are back in Ireland to nail down the last few songs on what already…
NYC’s Famine Memorial
The haunting Irish Hunger Memorial, unveiled on July 16 in downtown Manhattan, offers visitors a…
Photo Album: All in the Family
1972: The Noone Family, Brooklyn. Little did Luke Noone and Mary Ellen Doherty dream when…
Sarandon and Robbins on Stage at the Abbey Theatre
Susan Sarandon and her partner Tim Robbins recently took their play The Guys to Ireland. Written…
September 11: A Year in Pictures
Photographer Peter Foley spent many months documenting the aftermath of September 11. His images, though…
Sins of the Fathers: On the Road to Perdition
The legendary B-movie writer-director Samuel Fuller once told me about a script he had written…
Sláinte! When an Apple is Ripe, it Will Fall
Several years ago after a rigorous day of exploring County Laois, I pulled into a…
Street Renamed for 9/11 Hero
Fallen September 11 hero firefighter Michael Brennan had a rare posthumous bestowed on him recently…
The Clunes’ American Adventure
An Irish American family go back to 1883 to discover what’s most important in the…
The First Word: What Falls Away
“One hundred and fifty years after the Famine, the spirit of the Irish people was…
The Irish in Spain
One way to survive the weather in Ireland is to buy a holiday home in…
The Irishman Who Would Be King
It may sound like a joke. But an Irishman could be the future King of…
The Last Word: A Pall of Darkness Falls on Belfast
Thank Christ the murdered man was Catholic. No Catholic will say that on the record,…
The Wolfe Tones Split
The peace process hasn’t extended to the Irish ballad group the Wolfe Tones. The famous…
Why the Towers Fell
Dennis Smith, former firefighter and author, talks to Tom Deignan. ℘℘℘ If retired firefighter and…
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Photo Album: All in the Family
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