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The Fleadh Comes to Belfast
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast wrapped up as a massive triumph, drawing an estimated…
Tom Deignan Interviews Stephan Talty
Tom Deignan (left) talks to Stephan Talty (right) about The American School of Spies: His…
Embassy of Ireland Celebrates Irish America 250
America 250 is much more than a commemoration of a historic milestone. It is an…
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A Pilgrimage of Repair
In January 2025, to open the Jubilee of the World of Communication in Rome, the Dicastery for Communication at the Vatican, Colum McCann, author of numerous works and co-founder of […]
Pope Adrian IV, King Henry II and The Siege of Ireland
On December 4, 1154, Nicholas Breakspear, the first and only Englishman to ascend to the papacy, was unanimously elected the Catholic Church’s 107th pope. He chose Adrian IV, a posh […]
Nellie Bly: “The Best Reporter in America”
Nellie Bly’s biographer, Brooke Kroeger, captured the essence of his admirable subject when he wrote: “In the 1880s, she pioneered the development of ‘detective’ or ‘stunt’ journalism, the acknowledged forerunner […]
British Government Faced With Legal Dilemma Over 1997 Murder of Sean Brown
This month is crunch time for the British government on one of the most prominent legal cases from the Northern Ireland conflict, with London now under severe pressure to set […]
Sláinte! Lent and Easter: The Fast and the Feast
In pre-Christian Ireland, the spring celebration on May 1 was called Bealtaine. Household fires were extinguished several days before the feast and people were forbidden to rekindle them until Druid […]
The Master of Suspense Had Irish Roots!
His mother was Irish born Emma Jane Whelan. His father’s mother was also Irish. Hitchcock was educated at a Jesuit school and remained a devout Catholic through out his life. […]