Cormac MacConnell
Cormac MacConnell is a veteran writer and journalist. His much loved column, about his life in County Clare and observations about Irish life, has appeared in the Irish Voice for close to 30 years.
Latest Stories
Everything you know about the St. Patrick's Day shamrock is a lie
Cormac MacConnell: This Christmas we survive on scraps of hope and good tidings
Unionism and the ethnic cleansing of Northern Ireland's nationalist youth
My how the Irish Catholic Church has changed
Rebels, emigrants, POTUS! We Irish should be proud
County Clare soap from a goat is a miracle
A beautiful man’s meanderings as Clare emerges from lockdown
Memories of the River Shannon's ancient legends with a hairy hitchhiker
The day a halo appeared above my head in church
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