Regarding your request to describe the Civil War sites I visited. I’d like to help you out Gerry, but I rank among the least observant people on the planet … likely due to my years as an accountant, investigating abnormalities in numbers. I believe research, and not detail description, is my strength, and I apply this technique to my writing.…

If you were to do away with the liberal press (US AND Ireland), and take on the thoughts, blogs, posts, from the average person who has visited Ireland, you'd want to visit in the best way!

The beautiful Irish countryside, extremely friendly people, the proximity to the sea, what else could you want? There is always a warm welcome and an openness of the way you are accepted, not as a tourist, but as a friend. The informality, hospitality, friendliness, and helpful…

Before I became ill I used to organize alternative St Patrick's days. The last one was here in Chicago. It was a tribute to black America and what its struggles had done for Irish culture. The idea was that the black civil rights movement played a major role in inspiring the civil rights movement in Ireland in the late 1960's and this in turn gave a new boost to…

New York -- Actor Liam Neeson helped draw an overflow crowd to New York’s City Hall last night as he became the seventh recipient of the City Council’s Thomas Manton Irish Man of the Year Award. Previous recipients include Senators Ted Kennedy and George Mitchell, city sanitation worker and Gaeilge instructor Ed…

The Life and Times of Liam O’Donnell, volume 5 of the Irish-American Story, covers from the end of WWI through to the end of WWII; a period quickly fading from memory. One might wonder how I bridged the awesome gap from our involvement in China during the 1930s to the Pacific campaign in 1942. The answer is easy … I introduced a fictional character to someone who had been in both…

(Illustration by Kevin Gleeson / Verse author unknown)



Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort! (St. Patrick’s Day Blessings to You!) From Gerry, Joe, Linda, Alannah, Tiffany, Maryann, David, Mary, Kieron, Liam, and the entire gang at The (New) Wild Geese. 



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There’s still time to enter our Irish Freeze Frame and Tell Your Irish Story Contests. …

New York -- Friday, with Irish heritage making headlines throughout the world, New York publicist Terry Rooney, with little fanfare, held his 27th annual celebration of Irish heritage, at venerable Manhattan eatery Sardi’s. The self-styled ‘toast of Broadway for 90 years.” Sardi’s is famed for the hundreds…

Raising a glass of Guinness and thinking of my Irish friends today.

This is what I know of the beginning of my family. David Boyd (son of Robert Boyd) was born 17 Jun 1737 in Ireland. He was buried 11 May 1815 in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Churchyard, Chester, South Carolina, USA. He married his first wife in Ireland, (unknown name, maybe born about 1760). She died about 1769 in South Carolina. He married…

By Maryann Tracy

Producer / The Wild Geese ‘Kitchen’

I'm no beer aficionado, but I have had a few in my day, and I can tell you, the goings-on in the craft-beer industry is pure craziness. On St. Patrick's Day maybe I'll have only one, but it better be something that tastes like beer, not that…

By Megan Finnegan Bungeroth

New York -- The five members of the Irish acoustic band …

 In celebration of our launch gala, we are hosting TWO contests - the prizes from our latest Heritage Partner,Irish Homeland Photography. These photo packages are worth HUNDREDS of dollars and are the perfect way to bring a special part of Ireland home to YOU.

Want to win? There're two ways to…

The grandson of Big John Meehan from Sligo, Mary Ellen McLaughlin-Keane from Galway, Bridget Munnelly from Mayo, and Matthew Smith from Cavan ended up with the least recognized Irish name of them all. I can’t begin to tell you how many times, I’ve been asked, “Smith, huh! English … right?” When I meet up with my ancestor Mac an Gabhann—the one who anglicized our family name to Smith—he…

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for our Live Gala Launch!

We had a wonderful time welcoming new members, giving away prize packs, asking questions to our live panelists, and chatting with each other. 

If you missed…

recently, I was able to trace my family from Seattle, Washington and all the steps they took from the home in county Laois.All my life I never knew where my family came from... just Ireland. I feel pretty good about bringing my family back to life....and in my imagination I could really feel who these people were. It also helped to watch period shows like "Coppers" and "Boardwalk Empire" I read books on the history of Ireland and America in the 1800's and early 1900's... The journey was so…

Damian Sheils - Director at Rubicon Heritage 

Robbie Doyle - Associate Editor of The Wild Geese

Gerry Regan - Executive Producer of The Wild Geese

Mairead Geary - Blogger at Irish American Mom

                      Here's her Guinness Beef Stew.

Maryann Tracy - Our Kitchen Editor here at TheWildGeese

John Lee -…

Throughout the day, to celebrate our Grand Launch, we are giving away Prize Packs to our new members. Sign up now, if you haven't already, to be eligible for our prizes throughout the day! To claim your prize, send an email to tjsilverberg@thewildgeese.com! Good Luck!

Prize Pack #1

Winter's Last Hurrah:

• Cherish The Ladies' Star in the East CD
• Sephira's Starlight CD
• Ashley Davis' Song of the Celtic…