Opinion

Capt. Hugh Francis Larkin. In December 1951, uniformed men arrived at my father's home and told my grandfather that his son, Capt. Hugh Francis Lar...

There have been times over the years when Irish politics has been about as exciting as a rainy day in November. Voters have tired peering through t...

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny. It is less than a year since President Obama stood on Dublin's College Green, the site of Ireland's first parliament and in f...

Saint Patrick, we are told, used the shamrock to explain the mystery and miracle of the Holy Trinity to the heathen Irish. It was a simple metaphor...

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[caption id="attachment_70402" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ted Williams."][/caption] I couldn't help but making a comparison between o...

[caption id="attachment_70245" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Eighth Cardinal Archbishop."][/caption] I have a friend who was once th...

Slowly, but inexorably, the penny is dropping, both here in the United States as well as back in Ireland. The Boston College subpoenas seeking acce...

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The cover of this St. Patrick's Day issue is an evocative reminder of times when the Irish set out for America with no guarantee of actually making...