COLIN FARRELL has raised more than €600k for a charity supporting people living with ‘butterfly skin’ by completing the Dublin Marathon. The Hollywood star, who was born in the Irish capital, was among the thousands who took to the city’s streets on Sunday for the annual race. Actor Colin Farrell completed the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday Farrell, who is currently on our … [Read more...] about Colin Farrell raises more than €600k in Dublin Marathon challenge
Colin Farrell raises more than €600k in Dublin Marathon challenge
Two arrests made after body of missing man found
TWO people have been arrested after the body of a missing man was found in Co. Wexford. Stephen Ring, 27, was reported missing from his home in Wexford on October 14. On October 27, Gardaí stood down the search for the young man, after a body was found in Shelmalier Commons. “Following the discovery of a male body in Wexford, the missing person appeal for Stephen Ring, 27 years … [Read more...] about Two arrests made after body of missing man found
Percy French remembered in Formby this weekend
William Percy French was born in Cloonyquin House between Tulsk towards Elphin in Co. Roscommon on May 1, 1854. The extraordinary songwriter, painter, poet, raconteur loved the land of Ireland, the people of Ireland. His songs have become, in many ways, snapshots of Old Ireland. He wrote of the loves, the laments, the tribulations of the ordinary people of the country. He is … [Read more...] about Percy French remembered in Formby this weekend
A Daughter’s Journey to the Land of Her Father
By Jill Fergus
January/February 1997
It had been 20 years since my first and only visit to Ireland -- a month-long stay on my grandparents' farm in County Mayo with my mother, father, six siblings, two cousins, and a lot of cows. I was only six at the time, and in my mind Ireland remained a place where I could of play among haystacks twice my size, choose a pretty calf to be my own, buy Cadbury chocolate bars in … [Read more...] about A Daughter’s Journey to the Land of Her Father
Home on the Range with the O’Neills
By Jim Sullivan
January/February 1997
How two generations of O'Neills left their mark on California's history To the newly arriving immigrants of the mid-19th century, America was a "dream waiting to come true." Depending upon a combination of the industrial skills they possessed, the locales they chose to call home, the energy they exerted in trying to succeed, and simple chance luck, many eventually realized … [Read more...] about Home on the Range with the O’Neills