A Young Irish woman has died while rock climbing in southern Spain. According to Telecinco News, the 21-year-old woman fell around 150m while descending a mountain near the village of El Chorro in Álora, Malaga. The area is popular with climbers, hikers and mountain bikers. The woman's friend managed to survive by holding on to a rock. Emergency services were alerted to the … [Read more...] about Young Irish woman dies while climbing in Spain
Young Irish woman dies while climbing in Spain
Police name man who died in Co. Down collision
POLICE have named a man who died in an early-morning road traffic collision in Co. Down as 35-year-old Alex Connor. Mr Connor died following the incident on the Upper Gransha Road in Bangor at around 1.50am on Saturday. The PSNI has now appealed for witnesses as they investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision. "It was reported at approximately 1.50am on Saturday … [Read more...] about Police name man who died in Co. Down collision
Those We Lost
By Irish America Staff
Winter 2024
Billy Lawless, champion for immigration reform, passes in Chicago In every march for immigration reform, amid all the Mexican and Central American marchers, you could always depend on one ruddy-faced Irishman leading a multiracial contingent of true believers behind the banner of “Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform.” Billy Lawless became such a dependable voice for … [Read more...] about Those We Lost
Winterval in Waterford: European City of Christmas
By Irish America Staff
Winter 2024
Waterford, once called the hidden gem of Ireland, is now a tourist destination known for its extravagant festivities. Its annual harvest festival in September attracted upwards of 40,000 visitors. The Samhain festival in October saw the City’s streets awash with a fusion of spooky, spectral, and fascinating events under the watchful eye of An Dearg Dua, a 2,000-year-old … [Read more...] about Winterval in Waterford: European City of Christmas
Photo Album: “Give Me a Wee Step”
By Maureen Foster
Winter 2024
In this photograph taken in 1925, my mother Kathleen (far left), her mother and father Sam and Ellen Bell, and 10 other siblings pose as they leave their home in Crossgar, County Down. They journeyed to the United States and settled in Chicago, where, after only four years, my granddad died, leaving Grandma Ellen to raise a family of 11. Ellen was a woman of tremendous faith … [Read more...] about Photo Album: “Give Me a Wee Step”