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Young Irish immigrant dies tragically in hit-and-run in the Bronx (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:31:27 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A young Irish immigrant in New York to play football with the Co. Armagh team was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the early hours of the morning on Father’s Day.

The Bronx prepares for arrival of Irish J-1 students seeking slice of Big Apple (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:50:46 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Thousands of Irish J-1 students have begun to arrive in the U.S. for a summer of adventure, as the annual deluge of third level students begins.

Big expansion at Irish HQ in the Bronx, the Aisling Irish Community Center (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:39:02 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

The Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers is expanding and will be doubling its current space. The center will also introduce new programs for the benefit of the entire community.

Italian Marie Claire magazine apologizes after Bronx Ballymun comparison (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:32:21 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

The Italian edition of the popular Marie Claire fashion magazine offered an apology after it described Ballymun as ‘the Bronx of Dublin.’

The Ed Koch years in the Bronx - 'Cut and Run in the Bronx' by John Liam Shea (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:46:23 PST

Former NYC Mayor Ed KochJohn Liam Shea remembers visiting his Irish-born grandparents’ house in the heavily-Irish Kingsbridge section of the Bronx “It was like entering Ireland,” recalls Shea “All the delis and the butcher shops were all Irish” But the times they were a’changing READ MORE

Catching up with the The Bronx bachelors -- Amazing that the Rose of Tralee 2013 already underway (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:31:15 PST

Daithi O Se the host of the Bachelors of the Year in the Bronx and the Rose of TraleeI find it very hard to plan anything these days, being exiled in Cork for the winter might be having that effect on me or maybe it’s the time of yearSo when I was asked to launch the Rose of Tralee festival last week I didn’t know where to look or what month I was!We were out on the Jennie Johnson a replica famine ship that spends most of her time now dock on the Liffey just inside Dublin portIt’s was freezing (nothing in comparison to what ye experience in the States, but it was Baltic) Nicola McEvoy the current Rose was there and in great form, we were joined by Minister Leo Varadkar who was on hand to launch a message in a bottle to all to come to home with The Gathering The Rose of Tralee being the original gathering READ MORE

Sandy Seisiuns for the Bronx - Irish musicians continue to raise funds to heal Superstorm Sandy destruction (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:46:03 PST

Sandy Seisiuns With this minute-to-minute news cycle, it is easy to forget that there is still suffering all around us as families try to shake the yolk of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation from their tired shouldersBlessings and thanks to the McCarthy lads of Jameson’s Revenge who, despite losing their beloved mother recently (unrelated to the storm), are staging another installment of their wildly popular Sandy Seisiuns benefit showsThe last two, staged at Connolly’s in Manhattan, raised over $25,000 apiece and inspired musicians from as far away as Indianapolis to stage their own benefits for hurricane victimsThis time, they are taking to the Irish county of Bronx and enlisting the help of Mary Courtney and Morning Star, Larry Kirwan, Susan McKeown, Johnny Seven, the Westchester District Pipe and Drum Band and many surprise special guests READ MORE

Catholic Churches in the Bronx see rise in thefts from pews and parishioners cars (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:52:04 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Catholic Priests in the Bronx have reported an increase in petty crime, with thieves targeting parishioners during mass.

Irish tenor Mark Forrest to perform in Bronx -- Proceeds will be donated to the Faith and Family Foundation - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:46:34 PST

Mark Forrest by Brendan CharlesMark Forrest , the highly-celebrated Irish tenor , will perform at the Church of St Philip NeriConcert proceeds will be donated to the Faith and Family Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Forrest and his wife to assist special-needs childrenThe Dublin-born entertainer, who studied at the Royal College of Music, has performed previously in a number of grand-standing venues and locales, most notably: Carnegie Hall, the White House and Vatican City READ MORE

Shocking rise in number of rapes and sexual assaults in Irish sections of the Bronx (IrishCentral)

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:09:43 PST

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

Shocking reports of a spate of rapes and violent sexual assaults in the strongly Irish neighborhood of McLean Avenue and Woodlawn in the Bronx have seen community leaders there take decisive action this week.

Irish woman gives her life savings away to two female con artists in the Bronx - AUDIO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:07:50 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

A 74-year-old Irish woman has been scammed out of $23,500 by two female con artists in the Bronx.

Former Bronx priest continues battle with New York Diocese over sexual misconduct defamation (IrishCentral)

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:17:34 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

A former Bronx priest is suing the New York Archdiocese for libel in a landmark lawsuit, claiming sex allegations brought against him were false.

Former Bronx priest sues Catholic Church to clear his name after sexual abuse allegation droppped (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:18:38 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

A well known and once well regarded Irish American priest in the Bronx is suing the Archdiocese of New York for libel. Charles Kavanagh claims that the sex abuse allegations made against him were false, and that church officials here knew it when they repeated them in public.

Irish victim of Bronx assault, Alisha Jordan, recovers after surgery (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:10:53 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Alisha Jordan is constantly reminded of her horrific encounter with a random attacker on Katonah Avenue in Woodlawn in July every time she sees her reflection. A red scar stretches across her eyebrows and she has little to no feeling in her forehead where a plastic surgeon has inserted ten metal plates.

New York GAA: So close for Monaghan, Leitrim are through, Bronx goes Back to Back and Kerry Kruise to win (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:36:58 PDT

By: EUGENE KYNE

Intermediate football

Irish victim of vicious Bronx assault overwhelmed by generosity of community (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:04:28 PDT

By: KELLY DONOHOE

The Co. Cavan footballer who was viciously assaulted on the way home from a night out in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx four weeks ago speaks out about the outpouring of kindness she has received from the Irish community in New York and Ireland.

No arrests in vicious Bronx assault on Irish GAA player (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:59:57 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Police in the Bronx have made no arrests in relation to the recent vicious assault of a young Meath woman.

The Battle of the Zoos - Dublin vs the Bronx - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:00:48 PST

I am a zoo-lover To me, one of the gratifications of having children is the ability to share my love of animals and wildlife and create little zoo-lovers to follow in my footsteps With five tykes seven and under, we've been quite busy exploring every zoo within reasonable -- and not so reasonable --distance from our home in the suburbs of New York City To date, we've been lucky enough to visit the National Zoo in Washington D READ MORE

An American from The Bronx bids farewell to Ireland (IrishCentral)

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:05:02 PST

Saying goodbye to things isn’t as easy as it looks Anyone who has ever left home, even for five minutes, will tell you that Maybe that’s how the idea of the “Irish goodbye” (slipping wordlessly out of a room) was born: it’s much easier to avoid the emotional strain of parting ways than to confront it head-on After spending more than a year and a half here in Ireland, I’m taking my first trip in ten months to my native home READ MORE

An Irish Christmas in the Bronx (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:16 PST

It’s Christmas Eve and the Brew and Burger on 47th Street where I work is crowded with last-minute shoppers and tired children bought in from the boroughs and New Jersey to see the tree at Rockefeller Center by irritated parents and young nannies with short skirts who look at their watches anxiously I’m 21 years old, just out from Ireland a couple of months, and I'm homesick For the first time, I wonder what I am doing in this strange city with its frenzied pace I miss the countryside and the farmhouse that is home and my younger brothers and sisters who would have gone to bed early in anticipation of Santa READ MORE