New York’s Irish bonds were celebrated in November at the renaming ceremony of a municipal stairway in Maspeth, Queens. The step-street, now officially “Easter Rising Way,” overlooks Calvary Cemetery, the final resting place of many Irish Americans native to the area. Also visible is the Fenian Monument, erected by the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood in 1907 to commemorate the … [Read more...] about New York City Street Renamed for Easter Rising
Chicago Miracles
Miracles happen in threes, but few foresaw this one coming when Ireland’s rugby team met the New Zealand All-Blacks in a historic match November 5 at Chicago’s Soldier Field, home to the Chicago Bears. ℘℘℘ Euphoria reigned that week in Chicago, where the lovable-loser Cubs had just broken their 108-year failure to win a World Series in dramatic, come-from-behind, fashion. Many … [Read more...] about Chicago Miracles
U.S. Police to Investigate IRA Infiltrator
Two American police officers, NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller and LAPD Deputy Chief Mike Downing, will join the group conducting Northern Ireland’s Operation Kenova, an investigation into a series of IRA murders and the role played by an alleged spy of the British Army who infiltrated the IRA known only by the codename … [Read more...] about U.S. Police to Investigate IRA Infiltrator
Aisling Irish Center Celebrates 20 Years
New York’s Aisling Irish Center celebrated its 20th year of providing community programs and social services to Irish immigrants in October. As revealed by executive director and Kerry native Orla Kelleher in an IrishCentral interview, the center saw its beginning in the town of Bainbridge in Chenango County, New York. “From what I’ve been told, it was set up by a few people in … [Read more...] about Aisling Irish Center Celebrates 20 Years
Weekly Comment:Irish American Tavern Named World’s Best Bar
Irish American tavern The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in New York claimed the top spot on Drinks International magazine’s World’s 50 Best Bars list for the second year in a row in October. The Lower Manhattan establishment arrived in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, brought to New York by Jack McGarry (named 2013’s International Bartender of the Year by Tales of the … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:Irish American Tavern Named World’s Best Bar