"I’m going up the country, Baby, don’t you wanta go, Going to take you some place, Where you’ve never been before, I’m going, I’m going, Where the ...

Pierce Turner and I used to share a flat in an old town house in Rathmines, Dublin. Once very upscale, the area had fallen on hard times and was di...

They are often linked together by nationality, era, and musical intensity, yet it would be hard to think of two personalities less alike than Rory ...

Back in 1969 when Bernadette Devlin outraged conservative Irish-America with her socialist views and support for African-American civil rights, did...

For years I couldn’t bear to pass by the John Varvatos store on The Bowery. My psychic alarm bells would go off when I was within a couple of block...

Brendan Behan would have celebrated his 100th birthday a couple of weeks back if he’d stayed alive. But that was hardly on the cards for a hell-rai...

Eleanor Rigby changed it all for The Beatles. Up until then they had rarely strayed far from the conventions of pop music: boy meets girl, girl dum...

:Terry Hall passed away recently. “Terry who?” You might say. Perhaps, it would ring a bell were I to say Terry Hall, singer with The Specials? Ter...

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe may have been the brightest stars of the 2022 World Cup Final, but BBC Sports readers rated Argentina’s Alexis Mac A...

Whenever I go back home I always keep a weather eye open for the hidden Ireland. Alas, I rarely catch a glimpse of this roiling presence in modern ...

The Ghost of Christmas Past seems to be ever present this time of year – particularly for immigrants. Think of it, do you fixate on home around St....

I have no idea when I first met John “Chickie” Donohue, but it was sometime back in the 20th Century. Where I met him should be easier, but again i...