Mórtas Cine. Pride in our heritage! It's that time of year, and thought we don't need an occasion to feel pleased to be Irish, it's kind of nice to be the center of attention as the St. Patrick's season rolls around. We can look forward to reruns of The Quiet Man, watch the Irish Tenors and The Celtic Women, and enjoy Visions of Ireland, which showcases scenery that is so … [Read more...] about The First Word: That Time of Year!
St. Patrick's Day
The Irish Channel Salutes St. Patrick
With multiple events spotlighting the Irish heritage of New Orleans on St. Patrick’s Day, the largest and one of the more historic is the Irish Channel St. Patrick’s Day Club, which this year marks its 60th anniversary of parading through the streets of some of the city’s historically Irish neighborhoods. With over 3,000 people either marching in formal attire to the sounds of … [Read more...] about The Irish Channel Salutes St. Patrick
Book Corner
Tom Deignan reviews the latest Irish and Irish-American books Recommended: Nothing But an Unfinished Song: Bobby Sands, The Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation It’s been 25 years since Bobby Sands and his fellow Irish nationalists launched their hunger strikes in 1981, which resulted in Sands’s death after 66 days. That may seem like a long time ago, but as … [Read more...] about Book Corner
A Day to Make St. Patrick Proud
Maeve Binchey, the renowned Irish author, explains how St. Patrick’s Day has changed in Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day used to be the dullest day in the Irish calendar until we got sense and learned to follow our transatlantic brethren and make it into a carnival. When I was young in the 1950s, March 17 was a bit like Tombstone City. For one thing it was in the middle of Lent and … [Read more...] about A Day to Make St. Patrick Proud
Back From Iraq:
New York’s Fighting 69th and Louisiana’s Tiger Brigade Celebrates Homecoming
The 245th New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade was dedicated to the Fighting 69th and Louisiana’s 256th National Guard, Tiger Brigade, which, serving together as Taskforce Wolfhound, lost 19 soldiers in combat in Iraq.
During the American Civil War the Fighting 69th and the Tiger Brigade were mortal enemies. In Iraq, they fought together, and some died side by … [Read more...] about Back From Iraq:
New York’s Fighting 69th and Louisiana’s Tiger Brigade Celebrates Homecoming