History Archive
“Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett
When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a…
“Over There”
Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy?…
Blazes Boylan
In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island,…
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Daniel O’Connell and the Young Irelanders
In the carly 1800’s Daniel O’Connell had been a young lawyer in Dublin, a member of the tiny Catholic middle class. In those days, although the worst excesses of the […]
‘The Famine in Ireland’
James Connolly writes to comrades in the U.S. of his recent tour through the famine districts of Ireland; its historic roots; and its impact on Irish politics. DUBLIN, Ireland. […]
James Connolly: The Man, The Movie
As the anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising is celebrated in Ireland, David Smith uncovers plans for a movie on the life of James Connolly. Modern Ireland was born in […]
The Making of a Nation
Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation. On View at The Grolier Club, NYC, April 29–July 25, 2026. NEW YORK CITY — This spring, a new […]
Canada Recognizes Irish Famine Memorial
The Irish in Canada have won a major victory over the Canadian Government on how the national historic site at Grosse Ile should be developed. The small island in the […]
Elizabeth Taylor GreenfieldFound her Voice in Ireland
In Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: The Abolitionist “Black Swan”, Professor Christine Kinealy (Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University) shares the inspiring story of a female Black Abolitionist who became a singing […]