Hitting the High Notes
Ireland’s own three tenors discuss love, God and Celine Dion with Sarah Buscher. ℘℘℘ Ask the Irish tenors...
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The Last Word
The last time it happened…The Irish were to blame. ℘℘℘ The election results are in. The presidential candidate of the incumbent Democratic party has won the popular vote but lost...
MoreGerry Adams The Way Forward
Kelly Candaele talks to Gerry Adams about recent developments in Northern Ireland. ℘℘℘ Gerry Adams is no stranger to violence. In 1984, he told reporters that he believed there was a...
MoreThe First Word: Carry On, Mr. President
Dear Editor: Re: “Thank You, Mr. President” Just because Ms. Harty got her night in the Lincoln Bedroom, we’re all supposed to admire an underachiever, a national...
MoreChris Patten Endorses Police Bill
The Republican and Nationalist communities suffered a blow in their efforts at police reform when Chris Patten, chair of the Patten Commission, endorsed the controversial Northern Ireland Police...
MoreBritish and Irish Governments Seek U.S. Ban on Real IRA
The Irish and British governments have asked the United States to designate the Real IRA as a terrorist organization, a step that would prevent the organization from raising funds in the U.S. The...
MorePolice Seize de Valera’s Love Letters
The Gardai (Irish police) have seized 18 letters written by Eamonn de Valera to his wife, Sinead, between 1912 and 1920. Some of the letters were written while he was imprisoned for his part in the...
MoreThe Last Hurrah
President Bill Clinton’s third, unprecedented and final visit to Ireland as President had all the feelings of a homecoming. And why not? No other American President has devoted as much time,...
MoreThe Irish Arrive
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was in New York last December to present of a sculpture to the United Nations. Entitled Arrival, the bronze piece was created by John Behan, Ireland’s...
MoreSteve Allen (1921 – 2000)
If the stars are twinkling a bit more lately, it’s because one of Earth’s brightest has taken his place in their midst. On November 1, Steve Allen passed away in his sleep and into the...
MoreThe Faithful Departed
The face of Catholic Ireland is changing beyond recognition. Ten years ago, well over 80 percent of Irish Catholics went to Mass at least once a week. That number is now down to about 60 percent and...
MoreLife’s Lessons
In the summer of 1998 Katie McMahon was in Belfast following the peace process and completing her study on the political murals. It was there, on a littered soccer field, that she received her...
MoreBringing General Corcoran to Life
Sweet fiddle music muffles street sounds, thick carpet softens your footsteps, and lace curtains filter the daylight. Fireside chairs before a fireplace invite you to linger over the photos from the...
MoreThe Rules of the Game
“The building trade is the worst trade in the World — you can quote me on that,” jokes Fran Rooney as he speaks of the new house he is trying to construct in County Dublin. And...
MoreIrish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship
A County Louth native battled frigid temperatures in Iowa to win the men’s 10,000 meter National College Athletic Association cross-country championship. Keith Kelly, a student at Providence...
MoreDeportation Proceedings Dropped
The Department of Justice announced in the beginning of December that it would stop all deportation proceedings against six men with past connections to the IRA. The decision is the culmination of a...
MoreThe Blame Game
For six long weeks this past Fall the country waited to find out who our next president would be. We waited, watched, and blamed. We blamed the newscasters, we blamed the parties, we blamed...
MoreThe Letters of Oscar Wilde
One of Oscar Wilde’s wishes was that he be talked about 100 years after his death. Well, his wish has been granted. November 30 marked the centenary of the writer’s passing at the age of...
MoreMan of Erin 2001 Contest
The Philadelphia Immigration Resource Center will be hosting a bachelors’ contest titled “Man of Erin 2001” on February 24. The winner will receive a trip to Ireland, including...
MoreWomen in Northern Ireland Politics
In war-torn Northern Ireland, for women to fight for equal rights would have been seen as a betrayal to the Nationalist or Unionist cause, Anne Cadwallader examines the position of women on the...
MoreYeats Country and Beyond
“I am of Ireland,” wrote William Butler Yeats in one of his most famous poems from 1933, and all we have to do is look at the stark images from the land where he lived and from which he...
MoreThe Other Kennedy
For the last 40 years, Americans have been fixated on the trials, tribulations and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Yet as the nation has kept its eyes focused on the Bobbys, Teddys and John-Johns...
MoreRoots: The Lynch Family
The Lynch family derives from several independent clans. One of these is the Norman family De Lench who came to Ireland in the 12th century and were the most prominent of the “Tribes of...
MoreDr. Fogarty’s Fantastic Voyage Through the Human Heart
“Tom Fogarty epitomized American ingenuity and has made a lasting and beneficial impact on society.” As a child he built model airplanes. As an adult he has saved lives with his medical...
MoreFilm Forum: That Sinking Feeling, Titanic Town Goes Under
Titanic Town, the fictional story of a Northern Ireland woman who mounts crusade for peace in 1972, is not the first movie to attempt to trade on James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic. The...
MorePhoto Album:A View from Above
Blanche Casey of Cleveland, Ohio stands on top of the Empire State Building while on her honeymoon. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the background. Born in 1905, Blanche graduated from Notre...
MoreHitting the High Notes
Ireland’s own three tenors discuss love, God and Celine Dion with Sarah Buscher. ℘℘℘ Ask the Irish tenors why they’re such a hit and they’ll give you different answers,...
MoreSláinte! Goddess Meets Groundhog
Time passes and things change. As people migrate from nation to nation around the earth, they may leave the land of their birth behind, but their travel gear is packed chock full of tradition. No...
MoreMusic: U2 Fans Find What They are Looking For
Throughout the 1980s, U2 would close their live shows with “40, their anti-war reworking of the New Testament’s fortieth psalm. Over a loping Edge guitar figure, Bono would sing...
MoreBook Reviews: The McCourt Family Chronicles
MEMOIR Malachy McCourt’s new memoir Singing My Him Song picks up where his best-seller A Monk Swimming left off. As the old saying goes, you’ll laugh and you’ll cry, right along...
MoreHibernia
The Faithful Departed
The face of Catholic Ireland is changing beyond recognition. Ten years ago, well over 80 percent...
The Letters of Oscar Wilde
One of Oscar Wilde’s wishes was that he be talked about 100 years after his death. Well, his...
Man of Erin 2001 Contest
The Philadelphia Immigration Resource Center will be hosting a bachelors’ contest titled...
The Irish Arrive
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was in New York last December to present of a sculpture to the...
Irish student Wins N.C.A.A. Championship
A County Louth native battled frigid temperatures in Iowa to win the men’s 10,000 meter...
Steve Allen (1921 – 2000)
If the stars are twinkling a bit more lately, it’s because one of Earth’s brightest...
Bringing General Corcoran to Life
Sweet fiddle music muffles street sounds, thick carpet softens your footsteps, and lace curtains...
The Blame Game
For six long weeks this past Fall the country waited to find out who our next president would be....
The Rules of the Game
“The building trade is the worst trade in the World — you can quote me on that,”...
The Last Hurrah
President Bill Clinton’s third, unprecedented and final visit to Ireland as President had...
Life’s Lessons
In the summer of 1998 Katie McMahon was in Belfast following the peace process and completing her...