Those We Lost Archive
Hibernia: Those We Lost
Those We Lost Emmett O’Connell (1936-2024) Emmett O’Connell died on September 14, 2024. Named for…
Eulogy for Emmett O’Connell
Delivered by his son, Óisin Ó Conail18/September, 2024. St Aidan’s Church, Clongeen, County Wexford A…
Irish Pub and Music Scene Legend, Steve Duggan has Passed Away
Cavan native, co-founder of Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar, and the man who helped many Irish…
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Chris Duffy
A young financial worker lost on Sept. 11, was most of all a brother. ℘℘℘ Hey Bunkster, …how was the weekend? don’t worry, you’ve only been at school a week…it’ll […]
Thomas Flanagan (1923-2003) Earned His Place in Irish Literature
On March 16, 2002, Thomas Flanagan reviewed a history of St. Patrick’s day for The Irish Times and was identified by the paper’s literary editor as “a novelist and scholar…currently working […]
The Legacy of Chief Geraghty
Battalion Chief Edward Geraghty, of Battalion 9, Engine 54, Ladder 4 (48th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City), was an 18-year veteran of the department and the recipient […]
Carroll O’Connor
He called his wife “Dingbat.” He called his daughter a “weepy Nellie atheist.” Puerto Ricans “spics”; Jews “yids.” He was terrified of African Americans, homosexuals, feminists and evolutionists. But most […]
Passings
John Joseph Moakley Irish America lost a skilled and big-hearted leader with the death on May 28 of Massachusetts Congressman John Joseph Moakley, the South Boston Representative raised in a […]
Those We Lost: Al McGuire
On January 26 the sports and television world lost one of its true champions. Known as “the James Joyce of the airwaves,” sportscaster Al McGuire passed away in his Milwaukee […]