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Belfast Court Finally Rules on 1972 Springhill/Westrock Belfast Killings
The last few minutes waiting for the verdict in the Belfast court were excruciating. Relatives…
Glucksman Ireland House NYU Honors Four Outstanding Irish and Irish-American Leaders
In what has become a celebrated annual, pre-St Patrick’s Day tradition, Glucksman Ireland House NYU…
St. Patrick’s Day: A Celebration of Immigration
Michael Dowling, the then CEO of Northwell Health, served as the…
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Honoring the Trailblazing Journalist Mary Maher
1940 – 2021 “Mary Maher of Chicago,” said Maeve Binchy, fellow Irish Times journalist and life-long friend, “had the great advantage of not knowing the sacred cows, and by the […]
Irish Women Writers Celebrated in New York
I’m not going to tell you too much about, Look! It’s A Woman Writer!: Irish Literary Feminisms 1970 – 2020 edited by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Because, as Frank McCourt once said, […]
Irish Making Headlines
It’s been an eventful news week for the Irish at home and abroad. As the Emerald Isle is venturing into yet another lockdown, Irish Americans have been dominating the political […]
The American Civil War
“The Return of the 69th“ There are few paintings that capture the Irish of the Civil War era better than Louis Lang’s “The Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment.” The […]
News Roundup
Irish Minister on Trade Promotion Visit to U.S. The United States welcomed its first foreign visitors after 600 days of closed borders, and the Irish government was quick to reconnect […]
Belfast and Young Plato
In just a few weeks, Ireland – and the world – will mark the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” That was the gruesome, January 1972 day when British soldiers opened […]