A Fond Farewell to Irish Writer Sean O’Faolain
On April 20, Sean O’Faolain, one of Ireland’s finest writers, died in a Dublin nursing…
An American Boy with a Touch of the Old Country
The stretch limousine pulls up outside the backstage door at the Westbury Music Fair in…
Blazes Boylan
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Book Review | Poets from the North of Ireland
One hundred years ago this month, Dr. Douglas Hyde [An Craoibhin Aoibhinn] visited the United…
Dear Old Dublin: European City of Culture
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First Word: Good News from Ireland
Founding publisher Niall O’Dowd. Newspaper editors teil you that the public…
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High on Life
In January of 1988, at 11 p.m., less than 20 hours before the Golden State…
Rick Cluchey: San Quentin and Samuel Beckett
In the 1890’s, Sarah Bernhart did a one-act play in San Quentin Prison’s lower yard….
Roots: Doherty or O’Doherty
The Doherty or O’Doherty name has many variations, including (O) Dougherty, Daugherty, Docherty and Doharty….
The British Broadcast Ban, The Media and the Conflict in Northern Ireland
On October 19, 1988 the British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, imposed unprecedented peace time restrictions…
The Earl-y Bird and Other Stories
Brian Brown, dubbed The Ninth Earl of Ballyportry, by the citizens of Corofin, County Clare,…
The Irish in Country | Donegal’s Danny Boy
What exactly is it about singing sensation Daniel O’Donnell that makes people feel so passionately…
The Irish in Country | From County Clare to Country Nashville
It’s been a good year for Maura O’Connell. In addition to releasing her third solo…
The Irish in Country: Putting the Celtic Fringe on the Music Charts
Just hours before winning a Grammy, country singer Kathy Mattea reminisced about her first meeting…
The Thrill of the Chase
If flat racing is the “sport of kings,” steeplechasing is the “sport of commoners.” In…
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Calling All Law Students With an Interest in Human Rights
The Brehon Law Society of New York is inviting law students with an interest in…