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Loretta Brennan Glucksman

Irish Arts Groundbreaker

By Irish America Staff
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Decades of work by so many culminated in the breaking of ground on the new New York Irish Arts Center in early October. The new building will be ready by 2020. ♦ … [Read more...] about Irish Arts Groundbreaker

Being Irish, Being New York

By Irish America Staff
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 2 Comments

New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago, and since then has led and witnessed tremendous changes in both nations’ cultures. Being New York, Being Irish gathers many of Ireland and Irish America’s finest writers and critical thinkers to consider and celebrate its 25th anniversary. This beautifully illustrated hardback is a wonderful recognition … [Read more...] about Being Irish, Being New York

What Are You Like? Loretta Brennan Glucksman

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by 1 Comment

The Grand Marshal of the 2018 New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes our questionnaire.  When Loretta Brennan Glucksman’s grandparents immigrated to Pennsylvania coal-mining country, the last thing on their minds was making the trek to New York City for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. “That was outside the realm of possibility,” she says. Her father’s family, the … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Loretta Brennan Glucksman

Loretta Brennan Glucksman Named 2018 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2017

October 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Irish America Hall of Fame inductee Loretta Brennan Glucksman will lead the 2018 New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade as the parade’s 257th grand marshal. Glucksman, who has long been a champion of Irish causes and devoted Irish American philanthropist, is the chairman emeritus of the American Ireland Fund and co-founder of Glucksman Ireland House at New York University. She … [Read more...] about Loretta Brennan Glucksman Named 2018 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal

Glucksman Ireland House Honors Niall O’Dowd and James Galway

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2017

March 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Glucksman Ireland House at New York University honored Irish America founding publisher Niall O’Dowd at their 24th annual gala dinner in February, along with renowned flautist Sir James Galway. O’Dowd, who founded Irish America in 1985 with editor-in-chief Patricia Harty and later founded the Irish Voice newspaper, IrishCentral, and the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, … [Read more...] about Glucksman Ireland House Honors Niall O’Dowd and James Galway

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