A Tribute to Courage
Thousands turned out in lower Manhattan on a rainy Sunday morning on September 28 to…
Bog Treasures
Five thousand years ago, on the windswept edge of Western Europe, near the village of…
Bono Portrait Unveiled
Bono looked admiringly at the soft white portrait painted by one of today’s greatest Irish…
Consumers Get Their
Irish Up Over 7Up Ads
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. recently re-edited its U.S. television commercial when scores of irate Irish-Americans…
Farewell to Donald O’Connor
Donald O’Connor, best known for the physical and musical acumen that made him a star…
Filmmakers Threaten
to Leave Ireland
Recently Hollywood and the Irish government have come to blows over taxation. The debate is…
First Word: Giving While Living
A friend, a teacher in Northern Ireland, who is forever puzzling over the intricacies of…
Flatley Cleared of Charges
Rape charges against Michael Flatley filed last March by Tanya Marie Robertson have been dropped….
Heaney Donates
Letters to Emory
Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s Nobel Prize-winning poet, is donating his papers and letters to Emory University…
Hepburn Letters Sold
A collection of letters written by Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn to her father and stepmother…
Into Africa,
Seeing and Believing
We’re juggling with numbers here. Every five seconds someone in the world loses his/her sight;…
Irish Arts Center Gala
The Irish Arts Center (IAC) of New York celebrated a stellar night and raised over…
Irish Nuns Launch Website
A group of Irish nuns in Galway are both continuing their secluded religious worship and…
Last Word: Press Freedoms
As Legal Affairs Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, I enjoy covering the courts, not being…
One Life to Give
Chuck Feeney has just put into practice something he had been considering for many years….
Peace Process Put on Hold
The hopes that were raised in the latest advances in the peace process were dashed…
Photo Album:
Men in Shorts
My father played Gaelic football most of his life. He was the captain of the…
Roots: The Kelly Gang
Kelly comes second to Murphy as the most common surname in Ireland. The name is…
Sláinte! Hooray for St. Stephen and Up Sraid Eoin!
I look forward to the Christmas holidays more than anyone I’ve ever known. In addition…
Terrorists Plotted
Against Kennedy and Hill
Irish Sunday Independent journalist Alan Murray unearthed a plot by loyalist terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog”…
The Fearless G-Mac
At 6-foot-2, Gerry McNamara, who calls himself just “a skinny little white kid who takes…
The Irish and Alcohol
When outspoken Irish President Mary McAleese criticized the “stupid, wasteful abuse of alcohol” in her…
The Irish Loop
A few years ago, Newfoundland tourism officials decided to give names to roads around some…
The New Face of Irish Business
Looking at a cross section of Irish businesses today, you would think that the Irish…
The USS The Sullivans
Visit Beara
As part of the chain of festivals from Leitrim to Beara in the summer of…
Cover Story
News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Photo Album:
Men in Shorts
My father played Gaelic football most of his life. He was the captain of the…