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Hibernia | Dispatches from Massachusetts

By Michael Quinlin

Winter 2024

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The Irish Discover Quincy Quincy, Massachusetts has become the go-to place for thousands of Irish expats who have settled in the Boston area over the past 25 years.   With beautiful outdoor amenities plus plenty of history, culture, and ethnic cuisine, this coastal city of 100,000 residents offers a less expensive, more expansive lifestyle for Irish and like-minded immigrant … [Read more...] about Hibernia | Dispatches from Massachusetts

In Pursuit of Irish Culture

By Owen O'Toole and Emmet O'Sullivan

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What is Irish culture, anyway? My name is Owen O'Toole. I'm 18, and while I proudly identify as Irish-American, I need to know more about my ancestral homeland.  As my high school, Regis, prepares a trip next year to Ireland ("a pilgrimage," as we members of Regis' Gaelic society affectionately call it), I want to understand what Irish culture is all about. Here's what I do … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of Irish Culture

First Word: The Things They Carried

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2003

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"The Irish carry their culture around with them like snails with their houses on their backs." – Denis Clarke Let me start with an apology. I'm sorry if some of your favorites are not on this list. I'm sorry that some of my own favorites are not on this list. Indeed, there are one or two on this list that I don't think I would enjoy having a pint with. But overall I have to … [Read more...] about First Word: The Things They Carried

Re-Imagining Ireland Conference

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2003

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Frank McCourt, Roddy Doyle, Mick Moloney and Irish America publisher Niall O'Dowd will be among the Irish writers, artists, and historians to converge in Charlottesville, Virginia in May for a three-day gathering entitled "Re-Imagining Ireland". Described as a "town meeting" on the state of Ireland, organizers say the conference will explore Ireland as a modern, prosperous, … [Read more...] about Re-Imagining Ireland Conference

Hibernia: A Twist
on Tradition

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

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The familiar swirls and knots of Celtic design are under renovation – American style. "American Celtic – Beyond the Ninth Wave" brings the Celtic art of 21st-century American artists to several cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lexington (K.Y.), and New York. The recent resurgence in interest in all things Celtic has drawn many … [Read more...] about Hibernia: A Twist
on Tradition