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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Honors NYC’s Immigrants with Historic 25-Foot Mural The Cathedral’s Largest Commissioned Artwork…
Frank Price, Hollywood Studio Chief, R.I.P.
Mary Pat Kelly remembers her longtime friend, Frank Price who served as chairman of Columbia…
London’s Irish Mozart: Sir Arthur Sullivan
If asked to name a writer of Irish background, many of us could rattle off…
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Seamus Heaney Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Lightenings viii The animlas say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all at prayers inside the oratory a ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor dragged along behind […]
News Roundup April 16, 2022
Easter Rising Commemorated Ireland will commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising with an event at the GPO in Dublin on Sunday, April 17. The ceremony will be led by President Michael […]
Dante and Plato on the Subway
This may also be true of many Irish American readers — I’m bedeviled these days with helping grandchildren write college admission essays. I do my best, but my heart isn’t […]
James Cagney: From Street-fighter to Bewigged Vaudevillian to Reluctant Film Screen Legend
The life of actor James Cagney provides an interesting case study in defying expectations. Aside from finding success meteorically beyond his impoverished background, he was a battle-tested fighter who not […]
Glucksman Ireland House 10th Annual Gala
On Monday, April 11, 2022, Glucksman Ireland House will celebrate its 10th Annual Dinner Gala at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. We are looking forward to reconnecting in person and celebrating with our community while raising […]
News Roundup April 9, 2022
World Irish Dance Championships Belfast is hosting the World Irish Dance Championships from April 10-17 and for the first time, the event will be streamed online in its entirety (via […]