This Irish America

Bobby Sands died on this day in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike in Long Kesh. And on this date in 1916 Major John MacBride, one of the Rising l...

The 100th Anniversary Easter Rising Committee unveiled The 1916 Easter Rising Monument at the Gaelic American Club in Fairfield, Connecticut. Pictu...

Young players from Rockland County GAA teams carried the flags of Ireland’s 32 counties during Rockland’s recent commemoration of the 1916 Rising. ...

The Bronx County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians recently celebrated its annual Mass at St. Barnabas Church and it was followed by a break...

Singer Maxine Linehan certainly had the attention of Senator George Mitchell as she heartily sang the national anthem at last Sunday’s 1916 remembr...

Shot and shell in central Dublin On this date in 1916, the fifth day of the Rising, much of the area around the GPO had been reduced to rubble by B...

From left, Alan Hearty, Tim Spellman, Damien McCaughey and Ryan Canavan pictured at the 2015 Manhattan Gaels Golf Classic. The Manhattan Gaels are ...

Last minute preparations being made for the official Irish government 1916 commemoration at Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan on Sunday. PHOTO: BY PET...

Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne Anderson, speaking to the gathering of members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient Or...

With an Irish navy ship on station in a calm sea, Ireland’s state commemoration for Sir Roger Casement took place yesterday at Banna Strand in Coun...

100 years ago, Roger Casement arrested On this date in 1916, Roger Casement was arrested by crown forces after landing from a German U-Boat at Bann...

The Lettie G Howard will be docked at Pier A for this coming Sunday’s 1916 centenary events in Lower Manhattan. The schooner will be the venue for ...