Were she alive today, the odds are that Kathy Buckley would be as well-known as…

In the Brooklyn world of my childhood, Ireland seemed especially close at Christmas. While we…

Dublin breakout writer Colin Barrett talks to Julia Brodsky about his angst- and anguish-ridden debut…

The two sponsoring bodies that administer the vast majority of Irish participants in the J-1…

I.M. Maureen FitzSimons Blair August 17, 1920 – October 24, 2015 
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As we struggle with the magnitude of the recent terror attacks in Paris and live with the…

The Flax Trust honored James Nesbitt, actor and chancellor of Ulster University, and John Kelly,…

An excerpt from In Search of Our Ancestors: 101 Stories of Serendipity and Connection by…

Dubliner Sarah Bolger (left) was seen recently in the (American) football film My All American,…

Meanwhile, in March 2016, two celebrated English actors with strong Irish roots will team up…

Looking ahead to 2017, the aforementioned Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly producing a Robin Hood origin…

Michael Fassbender – whose mother was from Antrim and who was raised in Kerry –…

Finally, in January, there is Risen, a new telling of the Biblical story of Jesus’…

Irish actor Glenn Keogh – who has appeared in the cable drama Sons of Anarchy…

Liam Neeson and Ciaran Hinds have wrapped up their latest prestige project – Martin Scorsese’s…

Next up is the horror flick The Forest, starring Dublin native Eoin Macken. The 32-year-old…

Speaking of folks with Irish parents, Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has made some of the…

The new year will kick off with three movies showcasing lots of young Irish acting…

Music & Literary Honors Joanie Madden (left) and author Mary Pat…

Irish scientist William C. Campbell, a researcher at Drew University in New Jersey, has been…

A forgotten Irish song of emigration tells of a mother’s longing for her children who…

Novelist James Patterson, who grew up in a large, working-class Irish family in the Bronx,…

Michael Flatley, 57, who has turned traditional Irish dancing into an international phenomenon, is retiring. It’s…

From County Down to downtown Manhattan, Jim Clerkin has moved around, and systematically up, in…

Research by NUI Galway and Oxford University has led to a breakthrough in how antibiotics…

Peter Robinson announced he is to step down as Northern Ireland First Minister and leader…

A widow leaves her children in care of the nuns in Galway and sets out…

FICTION The Dunning Man By Kevin Fortuna The characters in The Dunning Man are your…

Making history in November, a majority of Northern Ireland’s Assembly members voted in favor of…

Scott Kelly, 51, an American astronaut and commander of the International Space Station’s Expedition 45…

The winner of the 2015 Séan Ó Faoláin short story prize is Evelyn Walsh, a…

A long-lost poetical pamphlet by Percy Bysshe Shelley was unveiled at the Bodleian Library in Oxford…

Ireland is known for its redheads and also, Edythe Preet discovers, for its ginger lovers….

The famous war dog who served in World War II, and Bill Wynne, the U.S….

For 30 years, this list has sought to recognize the phenomenal success of the Irish…

For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of…

Patricia Harty, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Irish America, received the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement…

Joseph Coffey 1938 – 2015 Sergeant Joseph Coffey, the legendary New York City detective who…

The Atlantic Philanthropies, created in 1982 by Irish-American businessman Chuck Feeney, is giving  €138.4 million…

Matthew Gleeson, postgraduate researcher at the University of Limerick (UL), is the winner of Science…