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Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin’ McAliskey was elected to represent the…
Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
Writer Mary Pat Kelly and photographer Martin Sheerin visited the Ulster-American Folk Park at Camp…
The Mighty Quinn
On reading the correspondence of central early twentieth-century literary figures such as W. B. Yeats,…
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St. Ailbe of Emly
Patron of Wolves | Feast Day September 12th St. Ailbe, sometimes known by his anglicized name, St. Elvis, was a 6th-century saint born in County Tipperary. The name Ailbe is derived […]
Saint-Gauden’s Celtic Vision
The most important American sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century was born in Ireland. If there was such a thing as an American Renaissance, Augustus Saint-Gaudens embodied […]
St. Kevin of Glendalough
Patron of Ireland | 498-618 | Feast Day June 3rd Since no biography of this holy hermit was written until 600 years after his death, the facts of his long life […]
St. Dymphna: The Lily of Eire
PATRON OF THE MENTALLY ILL; INVOKED AGAINST DEPRESSION, STRESS, NERVOUS DISORDERS, AND SLEEPWALKING. In Belgium, near the town of Geel, can be found one of Europe’s largest and most progressive […]
Impunity and The Northern Ireland Conflict
An international expert panel from Norway, Argentina, Israel, and Ireland has produced a monster piece of research on the British forces during the North of Ireland conflict that details impunity […]
Where Shall We Seek for a Hero?Reflections on John Boyle O’Reilly
180 years after his birth on June 28, 1844, the lessons of legendary Irish rebel, patriot, poet and activist John Boyle O’Reilly deserve to be remembered and cherished. In today’s […]