"Irish Americans became quite comfortable flapping their right wings." Less than a decade after John F Kennedy's election they voted for Richard Nixon... so what will follow Donald Trump?
How observing two garden ornaments in the lazy summertime lead our man Cormac MacConnell to realize a connection between it and the real Donald Trump's actions.
Because the government treated the modest demands for constitutional reform by peaceful protesters as an existential threat to its survival, Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement was extinguished. It was killed by government violence and oppression, accompanied by abysmal government indifference.
The poor scribes of yore who were spiritual calligraphers and illuminators of Ireland's most famous book, many housed in Trinity College Dublin, the monks and scholars of Ireland.
The deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade have once again forced people to confront suicide and learn how it can be prevented - but it is not easy.
Joyce is celebrated for his wit, use of stream of consciousness, and challenging what a novel can be and do. That doesn't mean that the difficulty of reading "Ulysses" hasn't put one or two of us off. We go through the various stages of reading Joyce.
Remembering an Irish businessman in New York who helped many and could see even beyond their own dreams. Sadly he now continues to watch over us from a better vantage point than ever.
It is unacceptable that as the fifth richest country in the world, Ireland still has over 16% of its population (780,000 people) living below the poverty line, according to the Society of St Vincent de Paul charity.
They lived a combined 173 years, and were two of the best writers of their generation. And now they are gone. Philip Roth and Tom Wolfe. Both died in May, Roth at the age of 85 and Wolfe at the age of 88.
The world Leopold and Stephen reconstruct resolves civilization from Irish and Jewish perspectives that are grounded in old learning traditions that Joyce teaches us to respect together.
Prominent Irish American politician and LGBT rights champion Daniel Dromm has told a New York audience that "demagogues" are trying to pit Irish Americans against newer immigrants to the US.
Since June began I have been somewhat malevolently enjoying myself hugely on all possible occasions by singing in singsongs in Clare’s bars my dreadfully tear-jerking ballad called “The Leaving.”
The NYPD, a proud Irish-American institution, should continue reaching out to minorities and other groups so they can follow the legacy of outstanding Irish cops.
Roseanne Barr’s recent racist Twitter rant revives memories of a not-so-distant past when the Irish, both at home and in the new world were the victims of this vile and hateful practice.
With European borders literally all the rage just now in every sense of the word, let’s still have a bit of midsummer craic to lighten the doom and gloom.
Having considered Ireland's history, its people made their decision loud and clear in the abortion referendum. They will be making their own choices from now on.
