Those We Lost
Billy Lawless, champion for immigration reform, passes in Chicago In every march for immigration reform, amid all the Mexican and Central American marchers, you could always depend on one ruddy-faced Irishman leading a…
Photo Album: “Give Me a Wee Step”
In this photograph taken in 1925, my mother Kathleen (far left), her mother and father Sam and Ellen Bell, and 10 other siblings pose as they leave their home in Crossgar, County Down….
The Punt Takes a Pounding…
If you’re planning a trip to Ireland, now’s the time. The Irish pound has hit…
Downey Talks
Nowadays people think of Bob Downey as actor Robert Downey, Jr.’s father, but back in…