2013 Irish America Wall Street 50
For sixteen years, Irish America has sought out and recognized the best and the brightest…
A Jazz Age Love Story
Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay put aside their differences in culture, background, and age to…
A Winter’s Tale and a Garden Party with the Merry Men
After his turn as Inspector Javert in Les Miserables, Russell Crowe’s passion for music is…
Bog Body from Laois Officially World’s Oldest
The naturally mummified body of a young adult male found in the Cúl na Móna…
Boston Marathon: The Road to Recovery
Jane Richard is dancing again. Jane Richard, the tiny Irish step dancer from Dorchester, who…
Early Christian Settlement Found in Donegal
The remains of an early Christian settlement, probably from around the seventh century, were recently…
Family Photo Album: Sea Voyages With Father
Writing from his mother’s perspective, Jim Dette pays tribute to the memory of his grandfather…
Fr. Whelan, Angel of Andersonville, is Honored in Wexford
Father Peter Whelan didn’t take sides. He was on God’s side. The Civil War priest…
Gaelic Games Kick Off in Cleveland
This past Labor Day weekend, one-hundred Gaelic sports teams and thousands more fans of Irish…
Irish Eye on Hollywood
1. Interest in Irish American history – preferably with a violent twist – apparently remains…
IrishCentral.com and WorldIrish.com Join Forces
Irish America’s sister publication IrishCentral.com and WorldIrish.com, the two largest Irish diaspora sites, announced a…
Keeping the Faith: Jim O’Donnell
WALL STREET 50 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW With his strong foundation in family and faith, Citi’s Head…
Kelly Twins Participate in Space Study
Irish-American identical twin astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly have volunteered for an observational study to…
Mollie Rogers Inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame
Mother Mary Joseph, the founder of the Maryknoll sisters, is one of nine women who…
On the Waterfront
Joe Weatherby repurposes old ships, such as the USS Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a decommissioned…
Portraits of a Nation at War
An exhibition on the Civil War, featuring photographs by Mathew Brady, Timothy O’Sullivan and others,…
Review of Books
Dark Lies the Island In Dark Lies the Island, Kevin Barry returns to the form…
Roots: The O’Donnells
They came from Donegal. Legend says they are descended from the 5th-century Ulsterman Niall of…
Rosie Hackett’s Memorial Bridge
The nephew of trade unionist Rosie Hackett has said she would be “giggling quietly to…
Saratoga’s Irish Visionary: John Morrissey
As Saratoga Springs celebrates 150 years of thoroughbred racing, Liz O’Connell tells the tale of…
Sláinte! Goblins, Ghosts and Ghoulies
When it comes to goblins, ghosts, and ghoulies, most folk – without a fluttering heartbeat’s…
Texas Rose Rounds Up the Votes
The winner of the 2013 Rose of Tralee International Festival is 25-year-old Dallas, Texas native…
The Black O’Connell
Christine Kinealy writes about the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass who visited Ireland and came to…
The Connector: Terry Clune
Terry Clune is on a mission to turn the economy around by connecting the Irish…
The Copper Star: Lyndsay Faye
Lyndsay Faye’s Gods of Gotham series, about the earliest days of the New York City…
The Fighting 69th Marches Again
As America reflects upon the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and its deciding turn…
The First Word: Faugh A Ballagh
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner, from Requiem for…
The Irish Vampires
The 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, famous for introducing the character…
Those We Lost
Eileen Brennan 1932–2013 Eileen Brennan, whose low, coarse timbre was a fixture of the stage…
U.S. Congressmen Visit Ireland to Discuss Undocumented
On the heels of the U.S. Senate’s passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in…
Valentia Island’s Buried Treasure
Buried treasure on a remote Irish island, the descendants of a 13th-century Knight and a…
We Will Not See His Like Again
Remembering Seamus Heaney. Lightenings viii The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all…
What Are You Like? Roma Downey
Actress Roma Downey on fancy sheets, missing her mother, and being exhilarated over The Bible….
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Family Photo Album: Sea Voyages With Father
Writing from his mother’s perspective, Jim Dette pays tribute to the memory of his grandfather…