Community Features & Events
Battles Long Past, But Never Forgotten
This week there is a conference in Sligo that will consider and remember….the Spanish Armada. Yes, that Armada. Think about it, but had the Armada ...
May 24, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
Culture
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: NY Gaeilge teacher wins acclaim for first Irish flick
Ireland’s film industry has been placed firmly in the spotlight recently with Oscar nominations, locations lauded, and artists receiving worldwide ...
May 11, 2023
by Aileen Gorman Leong
Community Features & Events
The Buffalo banker turned brewer who is reviving Ireland's oldest beer brand
There was a time when Buffalo's moniker - The Queen City - reflected its glory as burgeoning transit hub for transatlantic trade and gateway to New...
May 10, 2023
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
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
Community Features & Events
Seton Hall Prep coach gears up for Ireland tournament
If you have passed through Dublin Airport in recent years there is a good chance you were greeted by enormous banners enticing you to attend an Ame...
April 14, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
Navigating Colorado Rapids is career high-point for Meath native steeped in sport
Pádraig Smith made the journey from the banks of the River Boyne, in County Meath, to the Mile High city of Denver, Colorado in 2015, first as the ...
April 06, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: The Irish builder shaping Windy City skyline
Mike Meagher is President of McHugh Construction, and one of those responsible for most of the iconic buildings that make up our Chicago skyline, i...
April 06, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
The Skulls of Inishbofin
On February 22, Trinity College Dublin made an historic announcement that it would return 13 skulls stored for over 130 years in the Old Anatomy Mu...
March 20, 2023
by By Pegi Vail
Community Features & Events
A Holiday That All the World Can Share
Growing up in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day was always welcome. It was first and foremost welcome because it was a day off from school. March 17 was a...
March 16, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
We have lift-off - celebrating St Patrick's Day in Rocket City, Alabama
St Patrick's Day in Alabama has it all - and then some. In Huntsville, home to NASA, You can have $5 Irish car bombs to accompany your early-doors ...
March 15, 2023
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
News
Born and bread in Belfast, Brendan brings a taste of Ireland to U.S.
A Belfast man is bringing a little taste of Ireland to the States this week in the run-up to the St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Brendan Neeson is t...
March 14, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
TRASNA MHEIRICEÁ: An International Women's Day salute to Natalie O'Shea of the Twin Cities Irish centre
In the fabric of Minnesota’s history and culture is embroidered the name of someone to be celebrated not only on International Women’s Day but on e...
March 08, 2023
by Aileen Gorman Leong