Politics Archive
Ourselves Alone: An Interview with Gerry Adams
The Sinn Féin office is located in a what could hardly be called a luxury…
Ireland’s Groovy Arts Minister
Colin Lacey talks to Michael D. Higgins (recently dubbed by British Vogue as the world’s…
Tim Walz of the Tomhaggard Doyles
How A Solitary Tombstone in Wisconsin Solved the Mystery of His Irish Origins As a…
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Northern Ireland Undergoes Historic Election Shift
For the first time in history of Northern Ireland there will be a nationalist majority in the national assembly at Stormont. A short 10 months after the previous Northern Ireland […]
After the Rising
The soaring oratory of the Easter Rising Proclamation – “In this supreme hour the Irish nation must . . . prove itself worthy of the august destiny to which it […]
2016: Reflections on a Centenary
How the 1916 commemorations helped people connect on a personal level. “Everything is repeated, in a circle. History is a master because it teaches us that it doesn’t exist. It’s […]
Tim Kaine's Irish Roots
Just how Irish is the Democratic vice-presidential nominee? And what does Tim Kaine’s family tree have in common with Downtown Abbey? ℘℘℘ No sooner had Hillary Clinton announced Tim Kaine […]
Continuity and Change: The Irish Role in American Politics
For the second straight White House election, the Democratic and Republican candidates for vice president grew up in strong Irish American and Catholic families. Eyebrow-arching in itself, the fact that […]
Digging Up the Past
Robert Schmuhl takes us behind the scenes on a decade-long research project that culminated in his book Ireland’s Exiled Children: America and the Easter Rising. Facts are stubborn things,” John […]