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“I Never Did Like Politics”
“I Never Did Like Politics”: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America’s Mayor, and Why He…
American Mother
The crowd on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at Manhattan’s Swift Hibernian Lounge, off The Bowery,…
A Tale of Two Photos
On August 9th, 2014, one of the most chillingly iconic photographs of the 21st century…
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“Kathy White House” Book Launch
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 6:00 pm American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth Ave, New York, NY Come and celebrate Irish Heritage and Women’s History Month by discovering the highly entertaining […]
Release of Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland
Actor Cillian Murphy and N.U.I. Professor Pat Dolan released Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland, on October 6. The book features essays from 89 contributors including Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins, […]
He Died an Irishman
John le Carré was born David Cornwell in Poole, England in 1931. His father, known as Ronnie, was a violent con man who landed in prisons across the globe. Olive, […]
Review of Books Fall 2023
Darina Molloy provides a review of 14 books from Irish authors for our readers to enjoy. Soldier Sailor By Claire Kilroy When you consider the gap between Claire Kilroy’s last […]
Napoleon’s Doctor
The last few years of the great Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s life were spent with an Irishman. That Irishman was Barry O’Meara, a Dublin-born surgeon who caught the Emperor’s attention during […]
A Taste of Joyce
The Ineluctable Modality of the Visible Sometimes it seems to me that libraries are the most democratic institutions in the world. From Dublin to New York, you will eventually find […]