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June July 2014 Issue

One Quarter of Ireland Affected by Another’s Drinking

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

New research has found that more than a quarter of the population is affected by someone else’s drinking habits. While alcohol consumption in Ireland has steadily fallen over the past decade, the study aimed to look not at those who imbibe, but to investigate greater societal impacts of their actions. “Alcohol’s Harm to Others in Ireland,” published in late March by Ireland’s … [Read more...] about One Quarter of Ireland Affected by Another’s Drinking

Online Funerals for the Diaspora

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

A new business venture by County Clare entrepreneur Alan Foudy (pictured below) plans to live-stream funerals online in an attempt to ease travel concerns of many in the global Irish diaspora. The service, called Funerals Live, is explicitly targeted to family members and friends who live abroad and can’t make it home for the service, as well as relatives in hospice and nursing … [Read more...] about Online Funerals for the Diaspora

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Angelina Jolie is looking to the Irish to help tell an amazing story about an Italian American held prisoner by the Japanese in World War II. Jack O’Connell – who was raised in England by a father from Kerry – will join Dhomnall Gleeson in Unbroken, directed by Jolie. Based on the best-selling book of the same title, Unbroken tells the amazing story of U.S. Olympic runner Louis … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

California Schools to Study Irish Famine

By Matthew Skwiat, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by 2 Comments

Eviction scene: The descendants of the family in this photograph, taken in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry in 1888, may have survived the Great Famine, but one wonders what became of them following their eviction and demolition of their home. From the Sean Sexton Collection.

A new initiative set forth by Cork native and California resident John F. O’Riordan hopes to introduce study of the Irish Famine (1845-52) into the curriculum of California public schools. O’Riordan is a parishioner at St. Dominic’s Parish in San Francisco as well as a member of the California Democratic Party’s Irish American caucus. California currently has the largest Irish … [Read more...] about California Schools to Study Irish Famine

Remains of Famine Immigrants Reinterred on Staten Island

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
June / July 2014

May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The remains of 83 Irish Famine immigrants were reinterred on Staten Island in late April as a crowd of over 700 came to pay their respects from as far away as Chicago. The remains were initially discovered in a mass grave during the construction of a courthouse parking lot in the borough. After examining the site, researchers concluded that these were the remains of former … [Read more...] about Remains of Famine Immigrants Reinterred on Staten Island

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