Anjelica is Smashing
Anjelica Huston is causing a stir on the new hit series Smash. Stars aren’t born,…
Barney Rosset:
1922-2012
He helped change the course of publishing in the United States by championing avant-garde writers…
Commissioner Ray Kelly: Irish America Hall of Fame
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, New York’s top cop, is inducted into the Irish America Hall…
Dr. John L. Lahey: Irish America Hall of Fame
Dr. John L. Lahey, university president and preserver of our history, is inducted into the…
Irish Eye on Hollywood
The latest Irish and Irish-American news in film and television. 1. From Southie to the…
Kevin Roche: America’s Irish Architect
Visionary architect Kevin Roche is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame The November…
Lifetime Achievement Award For Fionnula Flanagan
Fionnula Flanagan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Irish Oscars” Legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan…
Loretta Brennan Glucksman: Irish America Hall of Fame
Loretta Brennan Glucksman, co-chair of New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House, chairman of the American…
MacWeeney’s Travellers at Ireland House
In 1965, looking for an image to illustrate the poetry of William Butler Yeats, Dublin-born…
McDonagh, Farrell and Seven Psychopaths
Not in Bruges anymore, Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell speak with Patricia Danaher from the…
Music Reviews
A look at recently released music of Irish and Irish-American interest. Altan • The Poison…
Pacino Does Wilde
The American actor was in Ireland to pick up an award for his documentary on…
Painting the Burren
Andy Weeks, a New York-based artist, finds inspiration in Clare’s rocky landscape. Two years ago,…
Photo Album: The Wealth of the World
At rest, this picture belongs to a wedding album from 1966. Plain, awkward even, it…
Review of Books
Recently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest. Recommended: Bloodland In a genre that may…
Roma Downey’s Little Angels
The Derry-born star of Touched by an Angel tells Molly Ferns about her new faith-based…
Roots: The Marvelous McDonaghs
McDonagh is one of the rarer surnames of Ireland, but exists also as MacDonagh, MacDonough,…
Rory McIlroy Becomes Number One
Rory McIlroy was hitting 40-yard drives at the age of two. By eight he was…
Rural Ireland: The Inside Story
Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art is giving visitors a rare look at the daily…
Sláinte!
The Fast & The Feast
How Ireland perfected the journey from abstinent Lent to the celebratory feast of Easter. Throughout…
Spotlight On: Sue Cischke
One of Ford Motor Company’s highest-ranking female executive is retiring after 35 years in the…
St. Patrick’s Day Traditions in the U.S.
On the morning of March 17, 1853, Archbishop of New York John Hughes addressed a…
The Chieftains At 50
The Chieftains, Ireland’s top traditional group, celebrate their 50th anniversary with a compilation album featuring…
The Day the Irish Invaded Canada
In the sleepy town of Ridgeway, Ontario – just a stone’s throw from Crystal Beach,…
The Dunbrody: The Ark of New Ross
Celebrating the Dunbrody Famine Ship, the Irish Emigration History Centre, the Irish America Hall of…
The First Word: Ties That Bind
“Nostalgia for Ireland sweeps over me often, not just when I’m working with an Irish…
The Irish on the Titanic
Maureen Murphy explores the seldom-told story of the third-class Irish passengers on board the doomed…
The New Irish Songwriter: James Vincent McMorrow
A spring tour in Australia on the immediate horizon, thoughts brewing of a sophomore album…
The Power of the Past: Joseph O’Connor
Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea and Redemption Falls, talks about his new…
Those We Lost
Recent passings in the Irish and Irish-American communities Frank Carson 1926 – 2012 After a…
Titanic Commemoration in Ireland
Belfast is abuzz in preparation for the upcoming three-week-long Titanic Festival, which will both commemorate…
Tom Moran: Irish America Hall of Fame
Tom Moran, businessman and humanitarian, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. Chairman,…
What America Can Learn From Ireland
The Last Word: Birth Control is a Medical Issue, Not a Religious One The Irish,…
What Are You Like? Kevin Barry
Writer Kevin Barry on fancy chocolates, Cuchullain’s heroic diet, and naked seething ambition. Kevin Barry’s…
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