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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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The 10th Annual Tom Quinlan Poetry Lecture Featuring Paul Muldoon
Poet Paul Muldoon is even busier than usual. Earlier this month he was in London to help launch Paul McCartney’s memoir, “The Lyrics”… an instant bestseller on both sides of […]
Irish Pride Stands Astride the Atlantic
Protests over closure of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum As the United States begins to return to a post-pandemic normality, the “end-emic” may not see the re-opening of one beloved institution […]
Larry Kirwan’s “Paradise Square” isBroadway-Bound
For over 30 years, Larry Kirwan’s voice provided the soundtrack for Irish American and Irish immigrant life. As the frontman for legendary Celtic rockers Black 47, Kirwan went from playing […]
Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland
If you had been in London on 15 May 1835, you could have heard Daniel O’Connell, Ireland’s Liberator, speak at a large Anti-Slavery meeting in the prestigious Exeter Hall. O’Connell, […]
Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released Ira Aldridge: Black Tragedian in Ireland in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland’s […]
Home & Away: This Week’s News
As we emerge, finally, through the long tunnel of the Covid-19 pandemic, everything from the economy to the arts has risen, dusted itself off and asked, “so what now?” Irish […]