Hibernia: An Irish Christmas “King”
A recent Financial Times article noted that one of the most popular Christmas carols in history was written by “a journalist-turned-clergyman” with “an Irish father who became the Bishop of Vermont.” The song…
Winter 2025 Review of Books
Reviews by Darina Molloy She Died Young: A Life in Fragments / By Brenda Fricker Brenda Fricker had a tough life, there’s no doubt about it. Maybe that’s why she chose the approach…
The First Word: Afraid of the Dark
The Irish writer John B. Keane once said of my home town that “they should…
USS Theodore Roosevelt:
Operation Enduring Freedom
“Fear of attack on home soil is a new feeling for this generation of Americans….