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Tribute to First Nations of Quebec

By Turlough McConnell

November 20, 2025 by 1 Comment

Earlier this summer Ireland’s new Ambassador to Canada John Concannon expressed gratitude to the First Nations of Quebec for their contributions to Irish Famine relief in 1847. He thanked them in a new video entitled Honouring Indigenous Famine Aid from Quebec and Ireland Lacrosse created by the Irish Heritage Trust. “I would like to pay a special tribute to all of the First … [Read more...] about Tribute to First Nations of Quebec

Keynote Speaker Wall Street 50 2025

August 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Jane McCooey 2025 Wall Street 50 Keynote Speaker

Jane McCooey is an Executive Director and Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Officer of Enterprise Technology & Services at Morgan Stanley. From 2022 to 2024, she was Chief Operating Officer for the Global Technology & Data Legal Group at Morgan Stanley. She is Co-Chair of the Community & Giving Back Pillar of the Morgan Stanley Women’s Business Alliance. Prior … [Read more...] about Keynote Speaker Wall Street 50 2025

On Famine and Native Americans: President Higgins leads Ireland’s Commemoration

May 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment

By Turlough McConnell The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins paid tribute to the First Nations of Canada and Native Americans for their contributions to Irish Famine relief in 1847 at the National Famine Commemoration Day ceremony held in Kilmallock, County Limerick, on May 17th. Speaking at the event, he acknowledged donations from the Choctaws and Cherokees in the United … [Read more...] about On Famine and Native Americans: President Higgins leads Ireland’s Commemoration

Pope Adrian IV, King Henry II and
The Siege of Ireland

By Rosemary Rogers

May 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment

On December 4, 1154, Nicholas Breakspear, the first and only Englishman to ascend to the papacy, was unanimously elected the Catholic Church’s 107th pope.  He chose Adrian IV, a posh name for a pope who proved deadly for the pesky isle across the sea, Ireland. Quite unfairly, in 12th-century Europe, Ireland, a country steeped in spirituality, learning, and illuminated … [Read more...] about

Pope Adrian IV, King Henry II and
The Siege of Ireland

President Trump Proclaims Irish Heritage Month

March 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The President calls on Irish Americans to celebrate their "contributions to our Nation," adding,"Irish Americans are known as some of the toughest, most driven, and most devoted people on the face of the Earth." A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Irish Americans have played a crucial role in our great American story — courageously overcoming … [Read more...] about President Trump Proclaims Irish Heritage Month

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December 15, 1930

Edna O’Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer, was born on this day in County Clare in 1930. Born to strictly religious parents, O’Brien described her childhood as suffocating. She was educated from 1941 to 1946 by the Sisters of Mercy. She then went on to receive a license in pharmacy in 1950. O’Brien turned to writing and published “The County Girls” in 1960. It was the first in a trilogy that was banned from Ireland. In 2009, she received the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Book Awards in Dublin.

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