Finnegan is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Ó Fionnagáin, meaning “son of fair-haired.”James Joyce immortalized the name for all time in his 1939 novel Finnegans Wake. But literary giants aside, Finnegan is one of the most recognizable Irish surnames of our times. The Finnegan clan’s ties to America have only bound more tightly since the election of Joe Biden as … [Read more...] about The Finnegan Clan
Joe Biden
From Whence I Came
The Kennedy Legacy,
Ireland and America
St. Patrick's Day Book Launch CelebrationMonday, March 15th at 2:00pm EST, 6:00pm Ireland on ZoomJoin the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Consulate General of Ireland in Boston, and Embassy of Ireland, USA for a virtual 2021 St. Patrick’s Day celebration with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. The program will honor the 40th anniversary of the founding of … [Read more...] about From Whence I Came
The Kennedy Legacy,
Ireland and America
Irish American
Heritage Month 2021
A Proclamation on Irish-American Heritage Month, 2021On Monday March 1, 2021 President Joe Biden proclaimed March as Irish American Heritage Month to honor the achievements and contributions of Irish immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. Irish American Heritage Month was first celebrated by a proclamation in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush.Since … [Read more...] about Irish American
Heritage Month 2021
Pennsylvania’s Irish and the
Founding of the State
Joe Biden's nail-biting Pennsylvania win was just the latest episode in Pennsylvania's rich Irish American history.You can take the boy out of Scranton. But Scranton still helped put its most famous Irish Catholic boy – Joe Biden – into the White House.The 2020 presidential election famously came down to a handful of states – including Pennsylvania. That’s where Joseph … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Irish and the
Founding of the State
NEWS FROM IRELAND:
The U.S. Election, Brexit, and Handling the Pandemic
By Deaglán de BréadúnOn a happy note, there has been a general welcome in the Republic and among nationalists in the North for the success of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the election to the White House. The incoming President’s obvious pride in his ancestral links with Ireland have made a strong impression. He has family connections with County Mayo on the west coast … [Read more...] about NEWS FROM IRELAND:
The U.S. Election, Brexit, and Handling the Pandemic