Brian Mallon’s epic novel chronicling the life of Shane O’Neill, the 16th century Irish chieftain, is reviewed by Fionnula Flanagan. ℘℘℘ Here is the great dark cloak of Irish Elizabethan history spread out before us. Its threads are spun from loyalty, intrigue, betrayal, lust, terror, thievery, and extraordinary courage, ferocity in battle, savagery in revenge, and passion in … [Read more...] about Shane O’Neill Was “The Grand Disturber” of Elizabethan Ireland
Time to Say Goodbye to the Irish National Anthem?
Historian Christine Kinealy wonders if the Irish national anthem is still relevant today. ℘℘℘ Soldiers are we, whose lives are pledged to Ireland, Some have come from a land beyond the wave, Sworn to be free … Ninety years ago, as the newly created Free State was coming to terms with ten years of turmoil, which included war, civil war and partition, it simultaneously was trying … [Read more...] about Time to Say Goodbye to the Irish National Anthem?
Weekly Comment:
Anne Anderson’s Remarks
on her Induction to the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
By Irish America Staff
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson became the first women ever to be inducted into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick last weekend, an organization that has had an exclusively male membership since it was founded in Philadelphia in 1771.
Twenty other women were also given full membership at the Friendly Son’s 245th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala. Anderson’s inclusion is also special … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Anne Anderson’s Remarks
on her Induction to the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Weekly Comment:
St Patrick’s Day Is Getting
its Own Music Channel
Aine Mc Manamon, Contributor
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
In advance of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day, webcaster AccuRadio have added a specially curated “St. Paddy’s Party” channel for the celebrations.
This channel offers a selection of jigs, reels, ballads, traditional music and fun, rowdy pub classics that are bound to get toes tapping and hands clapping. Songs such as “The Wild Rover,” “Past the Point of Rescue,” “Black Velvet … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
St Patrick’s Day Is Getting
its Own Music Channel
Michael Flatley releases charity single “The Rising”
Aine Mc Manamon, Contributor
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
Known to many for his dance and choreography skills after Riverdance, the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest interval performance, shot him to fame, Michael Flatley has recently released a single commemorating the heroes of the 1916 Rising. This unique and haunting piece was written and composed by Irish songwriter, Brian Flanagan, who has previously worked with Irish singers Nadine … [Read more...] about Michael Flatley releases charity single “The Rising”