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By Peter McDermott Hurling, Gaelic football, golf, soccer, rugby...lacrosse? If you think that the famous Native American game isn't on the Irish s...

By Ray O'Hanlon rohanlon@rishecho.com Get ready for the pitter patter. No, strike that. Get ready for the thunder of shiny new cleats, and the clas...

By Peter McDermott Thomas E. Kennedy decided at age 17 that when he was older he should be a writer. Now at 66, with 11 published novels to his nam...

By Ray O'Hanlon With unemployment in Ireland at record levels and the traditional emigration route to America largely blocked, there was an added s...

By Peter McDermott Vote for Sean Coffey - he knows where the bodies are buried. That's part of the Bronx-born candidate's pitch in the crowded fiel...

By Ray O'Hanlon The Ancient Order of Hibernians has voted to maintain its present course with national president Seamus Boyle again at the helm. Bo...

By Ray O'Hanlon The Ancient Order of Hibernians, convening in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for their 95th Biennial National Convention, will be elec...

By Ray O'Hanlon Taoiseach Brian Cowen will be in the U.S. next week for a three day visit that will include stops in New York and Atlanta. Cowen, w...

By Ray O'Hanlon Mary Hanafin has a three-card portfolio. But tourism was firmly on top of her deck this week during a two-and-a-half day stay in Ne...

By Peter McDermott The will of two Manhattan-resident sisters from County Kerry caused a minor media flap in Ireland over the past couple of weeks....

By Ray O'Hanlon It's no longer a matter of if, but rather when. The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has thus far largely spared the state of Mis...

By Susan Falvella Garraty Washington, D.C. --- Might it have stopped the Northern Ireland peace process before it even got off the ground? Could it...