The Sinn Féin office is located in a what could hardly be called a luxury building in what seems to be a mostly deserted area of West Belfast. In the room where I sit, there is a one-bar electric fire, a couple of mismatched chairs and little else. Somewhere on the outside a band is practicing, the drums that one usually associates with Loyalists are getting a fair belting from … [Read more...] about Ourselves Alone: An Interview with Gerry Adams
History
The Irish Experience
June, 1992: Patricia Harty talks to Australian writer Thomas Keneally about his book NOW AND IN TIME TO BE: Ireland and the Irish. Thomas Keneally is a widely-recognized for a wide body of work of a historical and political nature including The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, which explores differences between the white and aborigine cultures. Confederates examined the consequences … [Read more...] about The Irish Experience
We Should Celebrate Diversity, Not Cancel it
By Michael Dowling
February 14, 2026
February 14, 2026
America’s power, brand, and strength were built by the diverse talents and contributions of all immigrants. In late spring 1831, French philosopher, diplomat, and historian Alexis de Tocqueville came to New York City and spent the next five months traveling across the United States. The young nation was experiencing its first major wave of immigration during … [Read more...] about We Should Celebrate Diversity, Not Cancel it
Daniel Florence O’Leary — Cork Native and (Venezuelan) Freedom Fighter
By Ray Cavanagh
By Ray Cavanagh
By Ray Cavanagh
The Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. military operation in Venezuela will not be forgotten anytime soon. However one may feel about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. decision to forcibly extract an acting head of state raises fundamental questions about national sovereignty. We might now inhabit a world where any stronger nation could dispatch a few drones and special ops forces … [Read more...] about Daniel Florence O’Leary — Cork Native and (Venezuelan) Freedom Fighter
The Dunbrody & the Irish America Hall of Fame
By Aideen ní Riada Wolpe • Photos By Mary Browne
The story of how JFK’s roots helped to revive an Irish town, and how the Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Emigrant Experience became the home of the Irish America Hall of Fame. In the late 1980s, New Ross was an unemployment blackspot. Its salvation came from a volunteer group of local business people who banded together to revive their struggling town. As the ancestral home of … [Read more...] about The Dunbrody & the Irish America Hall of Fame