The In-Laws By Sinéad Moriarty Amanda, Katie and Melanie are the daughters-in-law of the domineering… From ancient kings to ...
Irish America magazine began 40 years ago. In July, 1985, Patricia and I moved to the East Coast after publishing a ...
You never knew what she would say next.” Though she stood just under 4’11”, Nell McCafferty was larger than life. She was a ...
The McCooey surname has Armagh roots, deriving from the Gaelic name Mac Cumhaigh, meaning “son of Cú Mhaighe,” which ...
Known as The Orchard County, Armagh’s gently rolling hills are stitched with over 6,000 acres of Bramley apple trees. In autumn, the county bursts into harvest celebration, culminating in the Armagh ...
THE INDEPENDENT, left-wing candidate Catherine Connolly has won a landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election. The Galway native, who has served as TD for Galway West since 2016 and in 2020 ...
A new Emma Donoghue book is always an event in itself – partly because you just never know what you’re going to get! But that ...
The Comstock Lode in Nevada, uncovered in 1859 by two Irish laborers, ultimately produced more than $500 million worth of silver, a large share of which went to the Irish-American “Big Four” – James ...
The Chieftains, Ireland’s top traditional group, celebrate their 50th anniversary with a compilation album featuring many young recording artists. In traditional Irish music, the road to success is ...
Judy Collins, one of the most influential folk singers of the sixties, and the voice that has been called the voice of the century, still believes that music can heal the world. Interview by Patricia ...
From the Civil War to Chicago’s Mercy Hospital, the extraordinary history of Irish nuns in health care. The Sisters of Mercy were the first women to go with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War ...
Seán MacBride’s career spans the history of independent Ireland. His father was executed by the British after the 1916 Rising, when Irish independence was first proclaimed. As a teenager, he fought in ...