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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The 1930s: When Irish Catholics Changed America
Before the decade was over, America would be a vastly different nation, thanks in no small part to Irish Catholics. Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight was a dark year for Irish […]
Casey Returns to Galway
Former Bishop of Galway Dr. Eamonn Casey returned to Ireland at the start of February following 13 years in exile. Dr. Casey, 78, lived and worked in the U.S., Ecuador, […]
The Irish Scrubwoman
In the days when “No Irish Need Apply,” my maternal grandmother, Margaret McCabe Ackerson, was lucky to find work scrubbing office floors to support her five children. My aunt remembers […]
Proudly We Serve
September 11 has become this generation’s “Day of Infamy.” The terrorist attacks forever changed the way we live, and have made our daily lives more difficult. A secure environment can […]
President Reagan Remembered
From Ballyporeen to the White House, Niall O’Dowd looks at President Reagan’s Irish background, and recalls an interview with the President’s brother, Neil. “Today I come back to you as […]
Chile’s Irish Flavor
Nancy Griffin travels to Chile and finds a beautiful country still celebrating its Irish founding father. Chile is a long, narrow, mountainous, beautiful country on the Pacific Ocean, its tip […]