Americans Prepare for Brexit
The troubles of Brexit do not stop at the E.U. border. The American Brexit Committee…
Ancient Gaelic Manuscript Discovered
Arecently discovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript reveals a connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic…
Baroness Blood Celebrated
Baroness May Blood, recently retired from the U.K.’s House of Lords after a long and very distinguished…
Business Awards in Philadelphia
Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall presented the Irish American Business Chamber &…
Celebrating St. Patrick in the United States
Some of the biggest and best parades celebrating Ireland’s patron saint actually take place in…
Downey Talks
Nowadays people think of Bob Downey as actor Robert Downey, Jr.’s father, but back in…
Dublin Apocalypse Manuscript Now Online
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) celebrated the digitization of the Dublin Apocalypse manuscript, one of great…
First Word: Trailblazers Past & Present
It was the first time that I knew the full weight of Irish America. Coming…
Galway Girl
The Transatlantic Connection That Inspired a Tribal Anthem: An encounter in Galway 20 years ago…
Hall of Fame: Academy Award-Winning Director Terry George
There is a thread that links each of Terry George’s films, and it comes directly…
Hall of Fame: Broadcaster Adrian Flannelly
He’s been praised by the New York Daily News as the “Dean of Irish Radio in the…
Hall of Fame: Grammy Award-Winning Musician Arturo O’Farrill
At first the names Arturo and O’Farrill don’t seem to belong together. But, in the…
Hall of Fame: Irish Repertory Theatre Founders Charlotte Moore & Ciarán O’Reilly
The year is 1980. A former movie actor, Ronald Reagan, whose great-grandfather was an emigrant…
Hall of Fame: Lawyer, Public Servant, and Peacemaker John C. Dearie
John Dearie may not remember the specific year, but he remembers a very small, very…
Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill
“Jimmy’s not just a cop’s cop. He’s a New Yorker’s New Yorker.” When it comes…
Ireland Leading the War on Plastic
Ireland, the first to ban smoking in public places and the first to charge for…
Irish Eye on Hollywood: March / April 2019
THE IRISHMAN FOR 2020? It’s time for Academy Award predictions – for 2020! It’s never…
Irish in Palm Beach
Both the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 27th Annual Winter Meeting and the Ireland Funds’ 29th Annual Emerald…
Irish Nurses Strike for Fair Pay
Ireland’s nurses went on strike on January 30 in a dispute over pay and staff…
John Brennan Speaks to Young Leaders
Over 150 young business leaders from the U.S. and abroad gathered in New York City…
Judy Collins on the Town
Singer and author Judy Collins, just off an 18-month tour with Stephen Stills, and with…
Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found
In Nora Connolly’s 1935 memoir of her father, James Connolly, she mentions a play of…
NYPD Photo Launch
Mark Condren pitched the idea of an NYPD-centric coffee table book to Commissioner James O’Neill…
NYU Glucksman Ireland House Gala Honors
The awarding-winning writer Alice McDermott and Pittsburgh business leader Jim Rooney were honored at the…
Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Awards
The crowd-pleasing rugby play Alone It Stands scored Best Production at the 2019 Origin 1st Irish…
Origin Theatre's 1st Irish Awards
The crowd-pleasing rugby play Alone It Stands scored Best Production at the 2019 Origin 1st Irish…
Photo Album: My Grandfather, the Diver
My grandfather, Patrick Joseph Killen, (“Pop”), was born in Downpatrick, County Down, in 1897. He sailed…
Review of Books
Recently published books by Irish and Irish-American authors. ℘℘℘ In the Galway Silence by Ken…
Roots: The Ferocious and Fascinating O’Neills
Members of the O’Neill Clan (anglicized from Ui Néill, “Néill” meaning “champion”) can trace their…
Sláinte! Rainy Day Comfort
“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” – Anonymous …
Story and Song
Author Mary Pat Kelly launched her latest his torical fiction novel, Irish Above All, with…
Syrian Refugee in Ireland Wins Science Award
Suad Al Darra, a master’s student studying computer science at NUI Galway’s College of Engineering…
The Cry of the Curlew
Irish Plant and Animal Life Endangered ℘℘℘ One third of the species of Irish plant…
The One-Armed Pitcher
A one-armed Irishman with a bat… It just sounds problematic. And baseball player Hugh “One…
The Passion of the San Patricios
Irish America looks back at the legacy of St. Patrick’s Battalion, an honor-bound group of…
The Tánaiste Goes to Washington
Simon Coveney, the Tánaiste (Ireland’s deputy prime minister) was in New York in February to…
Those We Lost
Recent passings in the Irish and Irish American communities. ℘℘℘ Eileen…
Those We Lost: Kevin Roche
Kevin Roche, the prominent Dublin-born, American architect who brought his modernist style to many significant…
UCC at NYU
Alumni of University College Cork got together at NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House, for a reception hosted…
Wild Irish Women: Isadora Duncan
An American pioneer of dance and an important figure in both the arts and history,…
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Photo Album: My Grandfather, the Diver
My grandfather, Patrick Joseph Killen, (“Pop”), was born in Downpatrick, County Down, in 1897. He sailed…