“Molly, you have Alzheimer’s”
A grandmother’s legacy lives on in the work of Muireann Irish, whose research has shown…
108-Year-Old Irish Woman Has Been to a Doctor Exactly Once
In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph shortly following her 108th birthday in July, County…
Andrew Taylor’s Year of Nothing but Potatoes
Between January 1, 2016 and January 1 of this year, Andrew Taylor lost over 100…
Bank of America, and a Dozen Others, Eye Dublin for E.U. Headquarters
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is just one of the many international institutions emigrating from…
Bog Butter: Returning to Tradition
In June, Brian Kaller walked to the edge of the Bog of Allen, just behind…
County Mayo Foundation Launches “Be Part of the Start” Campaign
On a mid-May evening in a Fifth Avenue apartment overlooking Central Park, the County Mayo…
Daniel O’Day: Healthcare’s New Frontiersman
As the visionary leader of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Daniel…
First Findings in From NASA Twin Study
The first results from a years-long study about the effects of prolonged space travel involving…
First Word: “Did Ye Get Healed?”
Mary Mac pictured at Niagara Falls in 1972. I’ve been long enough away from Ireland…
Gold Fever: The Shiny, Shady Past of Katy Perry’s Irish Great-Great-Grandmother
She came from a gold-obsessed family, so perhaps it wasn’t so surprising when the treasure…
Grass-fed Irish Beef Gets USDA Import Approval
Slaney Foods International, based in Bunclody, County Wexford, is celebrating after landing a deal to…
Healthcare and Life Sciences 50
The 2017 Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 list celebrates Irish innovators who are leading the…
How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York
I was able to sniff back tears during most of the moving presentation of the…
How to Conquer Cravings
A new book by folk singer and author Judy Collins reveals all about her battle…
Ireland’s Poet Patriots Is a Musical Experience Not to Be Missed
Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with…
Ireland’s First Satellite Is Ready to Launch
For the first time in history, the Irish are poised to make a material contribution…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Year of Brosnan
In August, Pierce Brosnan stars in the family drama The Only Living Boy in New…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Barry Keoghan Stars in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
With Irish stars like Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, not to mention the A-List director…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Elizabeth Moss is Typhoid Mary
In the wake of the critical and popular success she had starring in the Hulu…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Kerry Condon Teams Up with Martin McDonagh
In November, look for Tipperary native Kerry Condon in Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s latest twisted flick…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Liam Neeson Tackles Deep Throat
As if there weren’t enough references these days to former president Richard Nixon, Watergate, and…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Streaming Report
In case you missed these when they first came out, they are worth catching on…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Summer of Farrell
Speaking of Colin Farrell, the Dublin actor also has a full slate of films coming…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Two Irish Releases to Keep an Eye On
Two Irish films that have not yet received American release dates but that are worth…
Irish Rep Honors Sondheim
The Irish Repertory Theatre celebrated its 2017 gala at the New York Town Hall in…
Irish Universities: Leading the Way in Life & Health Science
Irish universities are at the forefront of medical science. Here are some of the recent…
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
Tom Deignan examines the WWI marching tune. ℘℘℘ Fans of legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore…
JFK 100 Celebrated in New Ross
More than 350 people attended a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Arboretum near…
Living in Each Other’s Shadow
We should be attendant to any story that involves love, even when it’s the strange…
Meagher at Green-Wood Cemetery
Pictured below at the dedication of a new monument to General Thomas Francis Meagher at…
New Irish Prime Minister Willing to Work with Trump
Leo Varadkar made history in June when he was elected taoiseach, becoming the first openly…
Non-Verbal Autistic Teenager Given A Voice
Sixteen-year-old Fiacre Ryan’s life was transformed because of the Rapid Prompting Method, an innovative way…
Photo Album: Who Was My Grandmother Kate?
My maternal grandmother Kate and I were very close. As a child, I would go…
Portals to the Other World
This fall, a number of our most celebrated Irish American authors will launch books into…
Reading West Cork
A trip to the West Cork Literary Festival turns into an unexpected and inspiring look…
Record Overcrowding in Irish Hospitals
Sinn Féin Deputy Leader and Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald (below) published a comprehensive and substantive document on…
Record-Breaking Year for Irish Tourism
For the first time since figures have been recorded, more than one million North Americans…
Review of Books
Recently published books of Irish and Irish American interest. Napoleon’s Doctor: The St. Helena Diary of…
Roots: The Rebel O’Deas
In the past and at present alike, the name O’Dea is almost exclusively associated with…
Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse
Hook Lighthouse, located on the Hook Head peninsula in County Waterford, has expanded its tourism…
Sláinte! All Hail the Humble Spud
Edythe Preet writes about Ireland’s relationship with its signature crop. Back in first grade, my…
Sons of Our Shakespeare
The tragic story of Eugene O’Neill’s sons, both of whom died by suicide. A four-time…
Superbugs Be Gone
Dublin Institute of Technology start-up company Kastus was the recent recipient of a Knowledge Transfer…
Taunting Death with Malachy McCourt
There is something fitting about where Malachy McCourt is calling from as I speak to…
The Celtic Curse
Coming to terms with hemochromatosis. When I began researching hemochromatosis for this story, I knew only…
The Irish and Suicide
According to a 2017 report by UNICEF, Ireland has the fourth highest rate of teen suicide…
The New York Historical Society’s Moving JFK100 Exhibition
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth, the New York Historical…
The Time is Right for “Woody Sez”
“There never was a sound that was not music – there’s no real trick of…
The Vanishing Irish Americans
The number of people in the United States who identify as Irish American has suffered…
Those We Lost
Jack Finucane 1937 – 2017 Father Jack Finucane, who co-founded the Irish humanitarian organization Concern…
What You Didn’t Know
About Typhoid Mary
She was the original Patient Zero, a healthy and asymptomatic carrier of a deadly plague….
Women of Concern
The 2017 Women of Concern Awards Luncheon, hosted by Concern Worldwide US in New York…
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My maternal grandmother Kate and I were very close. As a child, I would go…