Loretta Brennan Glucksman: Irish America Hall of Fame
Loretta Brennan Glucksman, co-chair of New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House, chairman of the American Ireland...
MoreVisionary architect Kevin Roche is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame The November 1989 issue of Irish America featured an interview with Kevin Roche, the Irish-born architect famous for...
More“Nostalgia for Ireland sweeps over me often, not just when I’m working with an Irish cast. I love Ireland and I miss it very much.” – John Huston We’ve had quite a year (at Irish...
MoreLoretta Brennan Glucksman, co-chair of New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House, chairman of the American Ireland Fund and a strong advocate for Ireland, is inducted into the Irish America...
MoreCommissioner Raymond W. Kelly, New York’s top cop, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame An ex-marine, former beat cop and the only person ever to serve two, non-consecutive terms as...
MoreDr. John L. Lahey, university president and preserver of our history, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. President of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut for over 25 years, Dr....
MoreTom Moran, businessman and humanitarian, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. Chairman, president and CEO of Mutual of America, Tom Moran was born in 1952 on Staten Island, NY, one of...
MoreThe latest Irish and Irish-American news in film and television. 1. From Southie to the Five Points to Downton Abbey, the Irish are taking over American television! First, the cast for an upcoming...
MoreFionnula Flanagan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Irish Oscars” Legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Film and...
MoreOn the morning of March 17, 1853, Archbishop of New York John Hughes addressed a crowd of worshippers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral about the special significance that St. Patrick’s Day had taken on...
MoreIn 1965, looking for an image to illustrate the poetry of William Butler Yeats, Dublin-born photographer Alen MacWeeney stumbled into what he calls “a deep pool of hidden Irish culture” – the...
MoreBelfast is abuzz in preparation for the upcoming three-week-long Titanic Festival, which will both commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Belfast-built ocean liner and celebrate the...
MoreBoston College’s McMullen Museum of Art is giving visitors a rare look at the daily lives of Irish country people in the nineteenth century. Once thought to be an unpopular subject among Irish...
MoreRory McIlroy was hitting 40-yard drives at the age of two. By eight he was the youngest full member of the Holywood Golf Club, which sits just outside of Belfast, and by 11 he was shooting level par...
MoreOne of Ford Motor Company’s highest-ranking female executive is retiring after 35 years in the business. Cischke, Group Vice President for Sustainability, Environment and Safety, tells Sheila...
MoreAndy Weeks, a New York-based artist, finds inspiration in Clare’s rocky landscape. Two years ago, my wife and I decided to visit Ireland. We were in the process of buying a house outside of New...
MoreCelebrating the Dunbrody Famine Ship, the Irish Emigration History Centre, the Irish America Hall of Fame, and the upcoming inaugural Irish America Day, hosted by the town of New Ross, Co....
MoreAnjelica Huston is causing a stir on the new hit series Smash. Stars aren’t born, they are made” is the tagline for Smash, the new drama series on NBC. Produced by Steven Spielberg, the show...
MoreNot in Bruges anymore, Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell speak with Patricia Danaher from the Hollywood set of their latest collaboration, the film Seven Psychopaths. Martin McDonagh appears ...
MoreThe American actor was in Ireland to pick up an award for his documentary on Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. Al Pacino was back in Ireland in February for a very fond return visit and to be presented with a...
MoreThe Derry-born star of Touched by an Angel tells Molly Ferns about her new faith-based children’s series Little Angels. Upon first hearing about Roma Downey’s new children’s series, Little...
MoreMaureen Murphy explores the seldom-told story of the third-class Irish passengers on board the doomed RMS Titanic – some were survivors, others were heroes and victims. There has been no disaster...
MoreIn the sleepy town of Ridgeway, Ontario – just a stone’s throw from Crystal Beach, the “Southern Shore of Canada” and former home to the Niagara region’s most beloved amusement park –...
MoreJoseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea and Redemption Falls, talks about his new novel, Ghost Light, the Irish diaspora, and why he doesn’t write historical fiction. The Aran Islands appeared...
MoreThe Chieftains, Ireland’s top traditional group, celebrate their 50th anniversary with a compilation album featuring many young recording artists. In traditional Irish music, the road to success is...
MoreWriter Kevin Barry on fancy chocolates, Cuchullain’s heroic diet, and naked seething ambition. Kevin Barry’s novel, City of Bohane, has just been published in the U.S. It was shortlisted for both...
MoreA spring tour in Australia on the immediate horizon, thoughts brewing of a sophomore album and the world at his feet, James Vincent McMorrow has stormed onto the scene from virtual nothingness in the...
MoreHow Ireland perfected the journey from abstinent Lent to the celebratory feast of Easter. Throughout the history of Western civilization, spring’s arrival was always a time for feasting and gaiety....
MoreMcDonagh is one of the rarer surnames of Ireland, but exists also as MacDonagh, MacDonough, Donogh, and Donagh. The modern forms of the name are derived from Mac Donnchadha, which originates from the...
MoreRecently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest. Recommended: Bloodland In a genre that may seem to have exhausted all possible plot-lines, Alan Glynn’s new thriller, Bloodland, is...
MoreA look at recently released music of Irish and Irish-American interest. Altan • The Poison Glen In their newest album, The Poison Glen, Altan reverts to the sound that their fans initially fell in...
MoreHe helped change the course of publishing in the United States by championing avant-garde writers and beat poets. He defied censors in the 1960s by publishing D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s...
MoreRecent passings in the Irish and Irish-American communities Frank Carson 1926 – 2012 After a long battle with stomach cancer, comedian Frank Carson died at the age of 85 in Blackpool,...
MoreAt rest, this picture belongs to a wedding album from 1966. Plain, awkward even, it was composed by the photographer whose job it was to snap the parents of the groom. It doesn’t speak of small...
MoreThe Last Word: Birth Control is a Medical Issue, Not a Religious One The Irish, a fiercely independent people ruled by another country for centuries, have a unique appreciation for irony. As an...
MoreOn the morning of March 17, 1853, Archbishop of New York John Hughes addressed a crowd of...
One of Ford Motor Company’s highest-ranking female executive is retiring after 35 years in the...
Belfast is abuzz in preparation for the upcoming three-week-long Titanic Festival, which will both...
The latest Irish and Irish-American news in film and television. 1. From Southie to the Five Points...
Rory McIlroy was hitting 40-yard drives at the age of two. By eight he was the youngest full member...
Fionnula Flanagan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Irish Oscars” Legendary Irish...
Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art is giving visitors a rare look at the daily lives of...