Irish America
Irish America
When Emmetsburg, a small mid-western town in lowa, undertook the task of refurbishing their statue of Irish patriot Robert Emmet, they were not prepared for the obstacles they would face and the length of time it would take. Now, after five years, the final chapter will be written with the rededication of the statue during the St. Patrick's Day celebration in March, 1994. The … [Read more...] about Hibernia
In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island, Annie McCarrick, who had mysteriously disappeared from her Dublin home on March 26. Although her parents, John and Nancy, spent weeks in Ireland looking for clues, they were unable to find any trace of their daughter despite an enormous countrywide manhunt. Subsequent reports indicate that … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
When someone mentions the NBA Finals, you might think of Jordan or Kobe slashing their way to the rim. Or, more recently, the video game-like exploits of three-point assassin Steph Curry. You're less likely to think of a sub-6-foot, visually-impaired, cigarette-smoking Irish-American political operative. And yet these supreme athletes were indeed pouring their sweat and souls … [Read more...] about Larry O’Brien: A Perennial NBA Champion
WEST Cork author R.P. O’Donnell has been nominated for the 2026 Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award for his debut novel All the Old Clocks. The novel, set in rural Ireland during the late 1980s, has been described as a gripping mystery in which “time, memory and family secrets collide”. Set in the fictional village of Kilcraven in 1988, the story follows Emma Daly, a … [Read more...] about All the Old Clocks tick towards major debut fiction prize
Halloween is a night of magic, mystery and merry making. Ghosts haunt the imagination and trick-or-treaters go begging from door to door. Though the evening's colors are black and orange, they could as easily be forty shades of green because the customs of All Hallows Eve are Irish as the shamrock. The ancient Celtic year was divided by the four seasons. Samhain (November I) … [Read more...] about Sláinte! Samhain: The Celtic New Year
