This Irish America

Fr. Gary Donegan, who for fifteen years was pastor of Holy Cross in Ardyone, Belfast, will be in New York next week for series of meetings and even...

One hundred years ago today uproar greeted the opening, in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, of John Millington Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World.”

Newly-minted boxing pro Michael Conlan made his American public debut at a press conference at Madison Square Garden last week to promote his fight...

Andrew Grene was the sole Irish fatality in the Haitian earthquake that claimed 250,000 lives in January, 2010. A foundation was launched at the ti...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians Bronx County boards of Division 5 Woodlawn and Division 7 held their installation of officers at the American Legio...

A luncheon took place on Sunday, January 15 at Rory Dolan's in Yonkers to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passing FDNY firefighter, John P....

Carmel Redican presented a bouquet of flowers to Hannah Deady during the recent Leitrim Gaelic Football Club of New York victory dance and celebrat...

Union County Freeholders Christopher Hudak and Bette Jane Kowalski present a check from the Union County New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders to ...

Irish Arts Minister Heather Humphreys had the room’s full attention as she outlined plans for “Creative Ireland” at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan.

The January sun goes down on a Wexford beach. Photo by Don Lavery.

President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina arriving at Donnybrook Church, Dublin, for the funeral Mass today for T.K. Whitaker, the public se...

Sixty years ago today John F. Kennedy is pictured here at the Irish Institute of New York on January 12, 1957, 60 years ago today. He is flanked by...