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…
The Dunbrody & the Irish America Hall of Fame
The story of how JFK’s roots helped to revive an Irish town, and how the Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Emigrant Experience became the home of the Irish America Hall of Fame. In…
A Call to Remember
The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the…
Paddy Play Ball!
John Fitzgerald, a New Yorker, went to Ireland to play baseball. When he found out…






