Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: PJ O’Dea
Mary Size was a young nurse from Tuam when her photograph appeared in the newspaper with a group of nurses that had arrived in Chicago from England...
January 08, 2024
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Jeff Lange Upholds Proud Irish Tradition
Irish cops are the modern-day equivalent of our ancient mythological Irish warriors. They are courageous, bold, intrepid, and often hilarious. Who ...
December 13, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Whirlwind Margaret is new head of Ireland Network in Windy City
Margaret Rose Keating Mungari is a whirlwind. We first met years ago when she was Sean Ginnelly’s radio sidekick in Chicago on his Saturday show “G...
November 30, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Marty Mullarkey
When your sur name is Mullarkey, you might be destined to endure wisecracks along your path of life. But Marty Mullarkey is a survivor. Years ago, ...
November 15, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: The Offaly nice man bringing the black stuff to the Windy City
Eoghain Clavin could be the luckiest man alive with his current gig, national account manager for Guinness Brewery. Or has he been working towards ...
November 01, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: How a love for the Guards made a Chicago cop out of Mayo emigrant Jarlath
Irish cops are the modern-day equivalent to our ancient mythological Irish warriors. Jarlath Heveran is Detective Sgt for the Forest Park Police, a...
October 06, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Irish Fest is back with President Bill at the helm
Who speaks for the Irish community of Chicago? Are the potatoes in this stew more vocal than the carrots or the chunks of meat? Hard to say. The Ir...
September 18, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Galway girl who is toast of the Windy City
Caught up with my favorite bartender from back in the day for lunch the other day. She’s a blonde bombshell as well as delightful company and a cha...
August 23, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Billy Lawless, The Irish Oak
Back in 2006 I was walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago and bumped into my old friend Billy Lawless. We had met years earlier when I wrote a sto...
August 11, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: "Darlin’ girl from Clare" to lead Irish tour
Musical history buffs have fiercely debated over the last hundred years as to who was the original “Darlin’ Girl from Clare” epitomized in the deli...
June 26, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Irish Radio's Benefit Lady
When I was a kid I loved listening to The Irish Hour on the radio and hearing the Irish ladies announce the benefits in a high pitched brogue, “We’...
May 03, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Calling Irish-American filmmakers of 2023!
This September we will celebrate our ninth year of The Annual Irish American Movie Hooley at Wilmette Theatre just outside Chicago. This film festi...
April 17, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Marty Mullarkey
Calling Irish-American filmmakers of 2023!
