When the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) marched up Fifth Avenue in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade it should have been crystal clear, if it wasn't already, that this parade is incompatible with any serious effort to support Irish freedom. The PSNI is the…

This Sunday, 30th March is Mother’s Day in Ireland. We’re sure many of you are Irish mothers yourselves or indeed maybe your Mother was Irish or your Mother’s Mother. Either way, we hope you get spoiled on this special day.

Our friends over at GiftsDirect.com made a heart warming Mother’s Day video filmed on the streets of Dublin. Listen to different people’s stories…

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, an Irish literary revival occurred as a means of establishing cultural nationalism, and Irish literary talent bloomed. As a result, culturally significant…

As a schoolboy some 65 years ago, I was often asked for directions to the famous Turoe Stone (2 miles up the road) by French, German and British ‘tourists’. Intriguing winter fireside stories recalled remnants of a local ancient ‘city’ cum royal site enclosed within the same…

The Wild Geese in NYC is launching, with an April 2 evening performance of the world premier musical "Transport," at New York's Irish Repertory Theatre.

With 'Transport,' we're formally kicking off our group's efforts to promote outstanding Irish cultural venues and events in metro New York.…

by Patrick Bonar

It is generally accepted that the term ‘Home Rule’ is a nation’s desire to self-government without outside interference. To cover this subject in Irish history, it is necessary to go back many centuries…

  Previously I had submitted the Poem "The Ghost of the Galway City Museum"

The following is a companion poem     "The Ghost of the Waterford County Museum" 

THE GHOST OF THE WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUM

IT’S BEEN…

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DOMHNAIGH -- On March 23, 1862, Irish-born Union General James Shields (left: pictured during the…

I knew it was somewhere on the mountain, part of a ruined monastic site. It’s a tiny, boatshaped, Celtic Christian church. I set out on a damp day to find it, climbing the narrow roads above  Smerwick Harbour. I was seventeen then, on a scholarship to the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht…

Update: Joe Ormonde is the winner of our first Flash Contest! He brought in over a dozen new members over the weekend! Congratulations, Joe! Please email Tiffany at…

Only 3 more days to show us why you love the Irish! Post your photos by March 23rd and you could win a trip to Ireland or cash! More chances if you vote and spread the love. Don't you want to drink Irish coffee where it's just…

Today in Glasgow, they lay to rest a gentle man with a heart of gold and a voice that was gift to all who heard him sing...

Alternative isn’t a word that springs to mind when I think about St. Patrick’s Day. For me -- and probably millions of other Irish-Americans -- the 17th of March has always been a day marked by traditions that border on the cliche.…

War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians Who Bombed Victorian…

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James Kennedy McGuire, the “boy mayor” of Syracuse, NY, is…

By John Bruton

I remember, as a child, playing over and over again our old 78-rpm records of John McCormack’s songs, which had been the property of my late grand uncle and namesake. Many of the songs…