Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin launched Volume XIII (13) in the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series on February 22. Since 1997, the Department of Foreign Affairs has worked with the Royal Irish Academy and the National Archives to create this series and has now succeeded in compiling a collection … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News
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Thomas Cahill: An Irish Gift to the Human Race
By Tom Deignan
We mourn a writer who shed a light on Irish monks who kept the fires of Christian learning alight during the Dark Ages, and in doing so, helped banish some of the stereotypes leveled at our race. Best-selling author Thomas Cahill – who died on October 18 at the age of 82 – once described a bitter irony of history in this very magazine. “Ireland had been a place of fabulous … [Read more...] about Thomas Cahill: An Irish Gift to the Human Race
Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America
Written by Sharon Ní Chonchúir and Emily Moriarty
Advocate for Women's Health Dies Ireland lost an outstanding advocate for women’s health when Vicky Phelan died at the age of 48 on Monday, November 14. Vicky first came to public attention outside the Irish Court on April 25, 2018. That was when she first told her story of being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2014, three years after a smear test had shown no … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America
Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood
Irish America Staff Fall 2022
Banshees: A Friends at War Movie It is only a slight exaggeration to say that Ireland’s entire film industry seems to be involved in two big movies hitting screens in the next few months. First, there is the late October release of The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood
Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America
Irish America Staff Fall 2022
County Clare’s Cliffs of Moher are high on the list of Ireland’s natural attractions. But for some accessing the cliffs, that tower over the rugged west Clare coast and offer stunning ocean views, had been difficult, even impossible, until now. Two electric-powered vehicles, operated by trained staff, will now ferry those who are not ambulatory to the top. “This service is … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America