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Director of Christian Defense Coalition warns Ireland over abortion law: avoid America's mistakes (IrishCentral)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:57:53 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

As the Irish government considers a new law that would weaken the current ban on abortion, Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, is warning his Irish colleagues to avoid the mistakes made in America.

How sports helped defeat the 'No Irish Need Apply' racism in America - Top baseball exec Tim Brosnan tells Irish Sports 50 how Irish served as example (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:19:13 PDT

Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President of Major League BaseballThe inaugural Irish Sports 50 awards presented by Irish Voice newspaper were held on Thursday night in Manhattan at the beautiful surrounds of the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue and were an outstanding successThey came from California, Dallas and Ireland Sports and business figures from all the major US sports were present to hear keynote speaker Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President of Major League Baseball, describe the Irish journey to success in sports as an example for every immigrant community READ MORE

Irish dance school in Utah hosts the first WIDA open Irish dance competition in North America - PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:49:12 PDT

Irish dancers enjoying themselves at the first WIDA open feis in North America Photo: Sharon SummerhaysOn May 18, 2013, Irish dance schools in the Western United States came together for the first WIDA (World Irish Dance Association) competition in the United States WIDA is a fairly new Irish dance organization, based out of Europe, and focuses on organizing workshops, competitions, and examinations to help promote interest in Irish dancing, language, music, and culture In recent years, schools involved with WIDA have popped up in North and South America READ MORE

One Direction have gone on a health kick ahead of the North America leg of their "Take Me Home" tour (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:49:09 PDT

One Direction are getting healthy ahead of their US tourThe 'Kiss You' hitmakers have been put on a strict fitness regime and healthy eating plan by their record label Columbia in a bid to whip them into shape before the North American leg of their 'Take Me Home' tour, which kicks off in Mexico City this weekendAn insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It's important the lads are in the best possible shape for these dates Bosses don't want half measures The boys spend a lot of time traveling and there can be a tendency to eat junk food and play lots of video games READ MORE

Thousands of Irish women may sue over illegal adoptions to America and elsewhere (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:07:07 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Thousands of single mothers in Ireland who had their children taken from them and forced into adoption may flood the courts after a High Court decision allowed a woman to sue for damages for an illegal adoption of her child in the 1970s.

Fox News Lou Dobbs panel: selfish working mothers are destroying the natural order and America (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:49:06 PDT

We really don't thank elderly conservative men enough for protecting our society So let us repair now to the all-male smoking room at Fox News where four elderly male conservative pundits are shielding us from the selfishness of working mothers Yes, it's another episode of Lou Dobbs Tonight and the learned fellows are courageously addressing an issue that poses a bigger threat to the nation than gun background checks or gay marriage: you guessed it, they're discussing working mothersEveryone knows the growing danger posed to society by these uppity women, but kudos to these gents for having the cojones to admit it READ MORE

Is this Ireland’s greatest gift to America on this Memorial Day 2013? (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 May 2013 04:41:44 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Memorial Day presents an ideal opportunity to look back on perhaps Ireland’s greatest achievement in America.

Oldest living Blasket Islander returns home from America to launch memoirs (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 May 2013 04:29:09 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A 93-year-old Blasket Islander has made an emotional return to his homeland in Kerry – and celebrated his status as the island’s oldest living native.

The Irish should be remembered by America this Memorial Day for their great military service (IrishCentral)

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:34:02 PDT

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‘Lucky Guy’ Tom Hanks evokes Irish America’s heyday in tabloid journalism - A Broadway play that celebrates and mourns an Irish era in its glory days - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:03:23 PDT

Tom Hanks as Mike McAlary in 'Lukcy Guy'The era of hard drinking Irish reporters who ran the tabloid empires of The New York Post, Newsday, and the New York Daily News has just recently passedHowever, it comes alive in a deeply evocative production of ‘Lucky Guy’ on Broadway, written by the late Nora Ephron, that I finally saw last nightTom Hanks plays tabloid columnist and all around bad boy Mike McAlary, who was king of the New York tabloid scene in that era before internet and when the sniffy New York Times would not touch the brazen Irish scribes with a bargepoleHanks just got nominated for a Tony for best actor and it is easy to see why READ MORE

I’m sick and tired of hearing America blamed for latest terrorist outrage - U.S. gave the two Chechen boys everything and they repaid in bombs (IrishCentral)

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:18:13 PDT

Chechen suspects in the Boston bombings Dzhokhar and Tamerlan TsarnaevIn this great country called America two Chechen boys came to live Their family was fleeing persecution and had been made refugees according to some reportsAmerica took them in, washed that awful past from their eyes and gave them everything this country gives every emigrant including myself - a chanceThey lived in one of the most beautiful parts of Boston, a great world city, got great educations had the opportunity to make something of their lives READ MORE

CNN’s Piers Morgan speaks the truth to Americans on gun control -- America needs to hear the way the rest of the world thinks (IrishCentral)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:00:25 PST

Piers Morgan (John Shearer/WireImage)I have never been much of a fan of Piers Morgan, the CNN host who comes from a British tabloid tradition, but I am nowMorgan, reflecting the incredulity of non-Americans worldwide, has spoke out forthrightly and clearly on the madness of the lack of gun control laws in AmericaOther commentators, afraid perhaps of the mighty muscle of the NRA, have hedged or pulled their punches on this issue even after the massacre of the innocents in NewtownNot Morgan, who is outspoken to begin with, and now he is being targeted by NRA members who want him deported READ MORE

From the Chapel Gates of Cooraclare to the plot to seize America - the story of Brigadier General Martin Meaney (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:15:11 PDT

Martin H Meaney“No greater fighting regiment has ever existed than the 165th Infantry of the Rainbow Division formed by the old 69th Regiment of New York,” claimed General Douglas MacArthur of the very regiment he chose to represent New York State in a purpose built shock division that was formed from the cream of the US National Guard in WWIThe “Fighting” 69th Irish regiment was founded in 1851 by Irish citizens in New York City as a militia regiment known locally as the 2nd Regiment of Irish Volunteers The late regimental historian, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth H Powers related to this column some years back how the close identification of a regiment with a particular ethnic stock of the American population was quite rare in the US army and made the 69th unique READ MORE

Presidential tidings and flying the flag for Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:10:10 PDT

It is good to learn of the recent news that one of the two original tricolors unfurled at the GPO buildings during the 1916 Easter Rising is now in the good hands of the folk at the American Irish Historical Society Some comment has been raised about such a historically precious artifact, so central to the narrative of Irish independence, belonging on Irish soil, but to raise such heckles is to be totally oblivious to the point that Irish America was also at the heart of this independence movement That the American Irish Historical Society, with its traditional warm welcome and its dedication to the motto of its founding patrons, “That the world may know” now hosts the flag is entirely appropriate The Society’s mission since the time of Teddy Roosevelt’s involvement and before to Thomas Hamilton Murray in the 1880s has been to bring to light the history of the Irish people READ MORE

From Riley to Kaitlyn - the most popular Irish baby names in America (IrishCentral)

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:57:51 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Aidan, Brayden, Colin, Riley; Kayla, Morgan, Megan, Kaitlyn - you've probably come across a newborn in the past decade with at least one of these names.

Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:55:16 PST

The Irish Dancing Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA) was born in March, 1964 when Mae Butler, Fedelmia Davis, Kevin McKenna, Peter Smith, Cyril McNiff and Anna O’Sullivan met at the Irish Institute in New York City They came together with the goal of assuring teacher and adjudicator competency, as well as standardizing the ever growing number of feisanna throughout North AmericaThe surviving founders of the IDTANA: Anna O'Sullivan, Peter Smith, and Fidelmia Davis are still active members and were recently voted lifetime positions on the IDTANA Executive BoardSince that small humble beginning, and through the efforts of many dedicated Irish Dance Teachers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, the IDTANA has grown now to nearly 650 members - with over 100 members in Canada, 550 members in the United States, and one member in Mexico READ MORE

Irish Dance Teachers of North America 2010 scholarship winners (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:55:15 PST

The Irish Dance Teacher's Association of North American is proud of the accomplishments of all dancers not only competitively and artistically, but also academically To recognize the accomplishments of these dancers who excel in the classroom and in the dance studio, the IDTANA is proud to offer $20,000 annually in scholarships for high school senior students, and those students who are already attending college The Scholarship winners were announced this week at the North American Irish Dance Championships (a) for high school seniors graduating in Spring, 2011 and planning to attend a four-year undergraduate college or university, and (b) for students enrolled in a four-year undergraduate college program who will still be enrolled as an undergraduate in a four-year undergraduate college or university during the 11-12 school year READ MORE

'America's Got Talent' audition details revealed (IrishCentral)

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:40:17 PST

NBC's “America's Got Talent” are the only show open to any age and any talentAuditions in New York City are next up They also just opened up pre-registration in the other citiesThis is a great opportunity for our talented Irish dancers, musicians, singers and artist READ MORE

Making my life in America, for better for worse (IrishCentral)

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:20:18 PDT

One year ago today I boarded a plane in Dublin, JFK bound for what I thought was going to be a year abroad One year to garner some experience, broaden my horizons and leave an economic storm in Ireland behind meFive jobs and 365 days later I’m still here with no inclination to return home With everything this great city has to offer is it any surprise the one resounding sentiment among my Irish comrades here is our joint distaste at the prospect of returning to our great Emerald Isle READ MORE

How I met your mother (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:55:16 PST

After 25 years as editor of Irish America magazine, I have a green tinge to my brain, or perhaps I should say, I see the world through green-tinged glassesThis quirk -- of which all my friends are aware of and indulge me -- comes into its own whenever there's show on televisionFor instance, watching The People's Choice Awards a couple of weeks ago, I bolted out of my chair as Alyson Hannigan took to the stage to receive her award I had to rush to Wikipedia to find out if she was Irish READ MORE