An Evening with Joe O’Connor and Colum McCann
Irish novelists Joseph O’Connor and Colum McCann enthralled an audience at the New York Public…
Ceol Na nGael
About ten years ago I stumbled into the traditional Irish music scene and life has…
Innocence Shattered By Kennedy’s Assassination
“Wish I’d been a kid back then.” That’s my children’s usual reaction after listening to…
Irish Eye on Hollywood
Many TV critics have argued that since The Sopranos went off the air, HBO has…
Omagh Bombing Case Collapses
Belfast Crown Court acquitted Sean Hoey of all charges in connection with the 1998 Omagh…
Photo Album: One Family & Their Dog
This snapshot of my grandparents, my uncle, and the family mutt was taken in 1950…
Review of Books
Irish Century Series One of the most ambitious projects in recent Irish fiction will be…
She Writes What She Knows: Alice McDermott
More than any other writer over the past quarter century, Alice McDermott has chronicled the…
Sláinte! Ireland Conquers The World
Pining for a pint of stout, an earful of blarney, and a toe-tapping fiddle tune…
The First Word: The Diaspora
Does the diaspora matter? That was the key issue of discussion at the U.S.-Ireland Forum….
The French Connection: Cocaine in Ireland
The death of top model Katy French a few weeks ago from a cocaine overdose…
The Irish in California
in 2005, when it became clear that the Ronald Reagan Pub in Ballyporeen, Tipperary was…
The Magic of Yeats Country Lives On
Ed: This post originally appeared in the February / March issue of Irish America after…
The Reluctant Star: Ciaran Hinds
Ciarán Hinds is lovely. Now, perhaps I shouldn’t admit that because part of Hinds’ attraction…
The Trouble with Irish Language
With the Irish language under threat of extinction, you would think the Gaeltacht, small pockets…
The US Ireland Forum Highlights
The inaugural U.S.-Ireland Forum was held in New York on November 7 and 8. Irish…
The US Ireland Forum: Don Keough’s Address
Does the Diaspora Matter? Keynote speaker and principal honoree at the forum dinner Don Keough,…
The US Ireland Forum: Hugh Brady’s Address
The U.S.-Ireland Forum got off to a good start when Dr. Hugh Brady, President of…
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Those We Lost
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Slainte!
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Photo Album
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Photo Album: One Family & Their Dog
This snapshot of my grandparents, my uncle, and the family mutt was taken in 1950…