“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…”
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. “Gunmen Kill Irish Aid Worker in Somalia.” The…
A Mission Remembered
A sentimental nineteenth century novel of virtue rewarded tells the story of an Irish immigrant…
Black ’47
Rabble-Rousers with a Social Conscience “Free Joe Now,” the song by Black 47, the Irish…
Blazes Boylan
In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island,…
Hibernia
When Emmetsburg, a small mid-western town in lowa, undertook the task of refurbishing their statue…
Roots: Phelan, Whelan, and Fallon
The origin of the names Phelan and Whelan is an excellent example of the vagaries…
Sláinte! Samhain: The Celtic New Year
Halloween is a night of magic, mystery and merry making. Ghosts haunt the imagination and…
Somalia: Ireland’s Concern
Concern Worldwide are opening a school in Wil Wal, north Mogadishu, Somalia. It will soon…
The Gift of Life
Jeanne Marie Flanagan was pottering around her beautiful home in Walden, New York, just before…
The Other Emerald Isle
Normal Monagan visits Monsterrat, a tiny island in the Caribbean with an Irish past. Coming…
The Stones of Gallarus or Two Pounds For a Pint
Survival, we are told, is the first law of nature. If so, the Irish are…
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News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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The Star of County Down
‘In Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July, From a boreen green…