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Richard Wall was born in Brooklyn, the second of five children. His mother Ann (Snow) can trace her Irish roots to Counties Cavan and Derry. His fa...

Sean Coffey, the Bronx-born son of a Cork mother and Kerry father, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and Georgetown Law. In 26 years of active ...

Bronx born and raised, James "Barney" Ferguson Jr. is an 18-year veteran of the Criminal Justice System. He currently serves as Commissioner on the...

Brooklyn-born author Pete Hamill, introducing the legendary entertainer, said that the two friends both grew up during the Depression and later put...

Marchers assembled more or less in the area of West 14th Street and Seventh Avenue, wended their way peacefully north to West 34th Street, then loo...

The transplanted New Yorker is taking on her liberal detractors as the Republican National Convention takes over New York for most of next week. Co...

Holland, born Edward John Holland on June 4, 1947, was the author of a number of widely acclaimed books on the Northern Ireland Troubles and for th...

On it, stacked near his computer, are notebooks, each one, page after page, chockablock with words written in his wide, looping hand, each cover la...

By Jack Holland In August, Ancient Rome was deserted, as its citizens fled the stifling summer heat to head for the cool surrounding hills. In Belf...

By Patrick Markey A former Queens barman from Dublin was arrested in Ireland last week after Gardai discovered him with a kilo of a substance belie...

By Dermot Clarke It's been a long time since the Republic of Ireland began a home competitive game as distinct underdogs, but such was the case on ...

By Harry Keaney Last Thursday, on a sunny spring afternoon, 7-year-old Matthew Hillick and his parents were strolling down Broadway. At 24th Street...