Hibernia | Famine
The Circle of Giving Taoiseach Micheál Martin emphasized that the Famine’s lessons of compassion, solidarity, and humanity would resonate with future generations. He spoke at the annual National Famine Commemoration, held on May…
Photo Album: Toomey’s Diner
Michael Twomey emigrated to the U.S. in the 1880s from County Cork. The Twomeys primarily settled across the New York and New England region. My dad, John Toomey (the name changed from Twomey to…
The Origin of “The Fighting Irish” Nickname
This exchange in a novel about college sports in the 1920s catches the prejudices that…
The Last Word: Things Fall Apart
The failure to stay young. ℘℘℘ The greatest failure in America is the failure to…