Ray O'Hanlon

Ray O’Hanlon is Editor of the Irish Echo. A graduate of University College Dublin, he has been a journalist for more than four decades and is a published author, his latest book being “Unintended Consequences: The Story Of Irish Immigration To The U.S. And How America’s Door Was Closed To The Irish” (www.MerrionPress.ie).

Latest Stories

Full Page NYT ad for AIHS Full Page NYT ad for AIHS
The move to sell the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue appears to be ramping up. The real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens took out...
March 07, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Joy and Disappointment After Great Hunger Decision Joy and Disappointment After Great Hunger Decision
"The Irish-American Community of Connecticut has saved Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Collection." That was the first line in a posting on the websi...
March 04, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Great Hunger Museum Moving to Fairfield, CT Great Hunger Museum Moving to Fairfield, CT
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum will be staying in Connecticut but will be moving from Hamden to Fairfield. The Echo reported Thursday that a decisio...
March 04, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
USS Gallagher Keel Laying, March 30 USS Gallagher Keel Laying, March 30
And now for putting the ship all together. The keel laying for the future USS Patrick Gallagher will take place on March 30, the 55th anniversary o...
March 02, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Fire Sale And High Tail Fire Sale And High Tail
One important aspect linking the situation swirling around both the American Irish Historical Society and the Great Hunger Museum is that the respe...
February 23, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
The Building, The Collection, The Very Essence The Building, The Collection, The Very Essence
There's more than bricks, mortar and artifacts involved in the debate and discussions surrounding the Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University ...
February 18, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
New Bid for Hercules Mulligan Bridge New Bid for Hercules Mulligan Bridge
The pleas to Governor Andrew Cuomo did not generate a positive result. But backers of a plan to name a bridge in Lower Manhattan after Irish-born R...
February 08, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Foreign Affairs Defends, Concedes Foreign Affairs Defends, Concedes
Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs has defended its record with regard to working on behalf of the undocumented Irish in the U.S. But it has c...
January 28, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Irish Fishermen Take on the Russians Irish Fishermen Take on the Russians
The Russians are coming. So are the Irish fishermen. Scores of Irish fishing boats are planning to head for the area of the Atlantic where a Russia...
January 27, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Honoring the Story of New York's State Police Honoring the Story of New York's State Police
There are families. And there are families. Thomas Mungeer is interested in families - the kind you find at home, and the kind you work with. Munge...
January 21, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Neal Top Aid Tranghese Departs Neal Top Aid Tranghese Departs
His work over the years has been very much in the background but Billy Tranghese has been a staunch friend of Ireland. Just like his boss, Congress...
January 14, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
FDNY Rapid Response Saved Lives FDNY Rapid Response Saved Lives
As horrific as it was, the death and injury toll in the Bronx apartment building fire on Sunday, January 9, could have been much higher. The speed ...
January 12, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon

 

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