Last Word:
15 Years a Growing
Fifteen years is a mere flicker in the continuum of time, but for us here…
Roots: The Curran Clan
The surname Curran is common in all four provinces in Ireland, but especially in County…
Film Forum: The Patriot
Round two of Mel Gibson’s war with the British. ℘℘℘ Jack L. Warner once said…
Music: Rockin’ 15
The musicians who made being Irish “cool.” The year was 1985. At roughly about the…
Book Reviews
The latest Irish books. ℘℘℘ Non-Fiction From the Bottom Up, by Pat O’Neill Often it’s…
Sláinte! Irish Eats Down Under
Regular readers have probably deduced I’m a boomer – a member of that generation born…
Donald Keough
The Philanthropist
Donald Keough, former president of Coca-Cola, is chairman of Allen & Company. A leading Irish-American…
Founding Father
A shy priest from Cavan who helped tame a frontier town. Imagine him, pale Irish…
Sean Minihane
Immigrant Defender
In the late ’80s and early ’90s the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (I.I.R.M.) was a…
My Wild Irish Mother
In 1967 when she was 80, I tossed a birthday party for Mother. There were…
A Man of Two Countries
“I have lived so long abroad and in so many countries that I can feel…
In Pursuit of my
Ancestral Heritage
From The Seven Little Foys to Patriot Games. Once when I was a child, I…
William Flynn
The Optimist
William Flynn is living proof that sometimes big business and politics should mix. In his…
A Gift of Time
Three generations return home. ℘℘℘ A summer journey fills the pockets with scraps of nothing…
Rosie O’Donnell
Queen of Comedy
Rosie O’Donnell, the queen of daytime TV, recalls the time she and her family spent…
Lust for Lust
A bawdy romance from the author of Angela’s Ashes. When he awoke that morning Mordecai…
Eoin McKiernan
The Educator
Dr. Eoin McKiernan, founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute, is widely acknowledged as one…
The Irish as Playful Souls
The old St. Patrick’s Day quip about there being two kinds of people – those…
Confessions of a
Bronx Irish Catholic
Over the years, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about what it means…
Maureen O’Hara
Hollywood Colleen
Throughout her film career, Maureen O’Hara captured the essence of the Irish colleen in all…
George Mitchell
The Peace Maker
Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell has earned a hallowed place in the annals of Irish…
My Guiding Star
My grandparents were born in the Irish midlands in the 1870s, the decade that the…
The Perils of Pat
Peter Quinn writes about his immigrant grandfather. ℘℘℘ The man on the horse is my…
Gene Kelly
The Ultimate Entertainer
As dancer, singer, actor, director, and producer, Gene Kelly has provided audiences with some of…
Edward Kennedy
The Senior Senator
If you ask his fellow senators – liberals or conservatives – who’s on their list…
The Narrowback
I can’t remember when I first heard it, but my mother told me I was…
Leaves of Pain
How too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. At first, it…
Paul O’Dwyer
Civil Rights Champion
Since his childhood in Mayo during the worst of the Black and Tan atrocities, Paul…
Michael Flatley
Lord of the Dance
Michael Flatley, star of Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and Feet of Flames, has revolutionized…
Pat Riley
The Coach
When Pat Riley coached the New York Knicks basketball team, journalist Pete Hamill listed him…
Anjelica Huston
Renaissance Woman
Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston is perhaps most memorable to the Irish for her role as…
Helen Hayes
First Lady of Theater
Dubbed the “First Lady of the Theater,” Helen Hayes charmed audiences for 75 years, appearing…
Seamus Heaney Poetic Champion
A native of Northern Ireland, Seamus Heaney won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. The…
Irish Memories
Thomas Fleming writes of the struggles and triumphs of an Irish-American family. ℘℘℘ My County…
Nora, an Excerpt
Even now, here 30 years since, when I turn to the southwest in Ennis from…
William Brennan
Champion of Justice
During his 34 years with the Supreme Court, Justice William Brennan, Jr. (1906 – 1998)…
Tip O’Neill
Master of the House
Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1987….
The Bearing of the Green
Some thoughts on being Irish-American. As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption:…
Gregory Peck
Hollywood Legend
Gregory Peck, the Hollywood legend, will long be remembered for his Oscar-winning performance as Atticus…
English or Irish?
My south London schoolmates and I struggled with our Irishness during the 1970s. Nearly all…
Links in the Chain
Being Irish? Is being a clannish islander with all the good and all the bad…
The Blue Ribbon
When I was 13 years old, my mother took my siblings and me to Rockaway…
Puddle Jumping
The English Catholic martyr, St. Edmund Campion, lived in Dublin for a while in 1569…
Two Grandfathers
William Kennedy on his unsung origins. My grandfathers, George Kennedy and Peter McDonald, died before…
Gerry Adams
The Leader
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, is the most well-known Irish politician outside the island…
Hibernia: Kennedy
and Dodd Push Patten
Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd added their voices to the growing Irish-American demand that…
Hibernia: O’Neill Was
a Key Figure on North
New papers show influence with Reagan. ℘℘℘ Newly released files from the Reagan White House…
Hibernia: Ireland and U.S. Join to Improve Literacy
The Irish and American governments are joining together in the fight against illiteracy. They plan…
Hibernia:
Deadline for Mitchell Scholarship Applications
The contest for the second annual George J. Mitchell Scholarships for the 2001-2002 academic year…
Hibernia:
The Language of Form
The art of Bernadette O’Huiginn. ℘℘℘ “Semi-abstraction is the area that I feel happiest in,…
Cover Story
News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Walking into Irish Famine History
A man and his family are trying to preserve something very important in a remote…