The Commodore John Barry Arts & Cultural Center is proud to present a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Frederick Douglass and the White Negro” on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 4:00 ...

John Cardinal O’Connor was installed as Archbishop of New York in March, 1984, and elevated to Cardinal in May, 1985. He was born, the fourth of five children, in a row house in a blue-collar ...

From the publication of her very first book, The Country Girls (1960) to her most recent books, Edna O’Brien’s works have gained wide acclaim, particularly among American readers. One of Ireland’s ...

In 1998, Alice McDermott’s fourth novel, Charming Billy, captured the National Book Award. Few were surprised. McDermott had previously been nominated for two Pulitzers and another N.B.A. But ...

Frank McCourt went from retired New York City high school in a matter of months with the publication of Angela’s Ashes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Frank managed to save the fare for a ...

It would not be Irish Heritage Month without Irish music and parades to celebrate. For the past 34 years, Brendan Dunphy has compiled a list of festivities from Ireland to New York, to San Francisco.

THIS month over 5,000 people received Irish Citizenship at the Convention Centre, Dublin. Applicants from over 130 countries made a declaration of fidelity and loyalty to the State and became Irish ...

Born in Wilmette, Illinois on September B21, 1950, Bill Murray grew up, one of nine children, in an Irish Catholic family (one sister is a Carmelite nun). He left home in the early ’70s to join ...

TWO men who exploited girls in the care system have been convicted of historic sexual offences ag... 'He has taken the innocence away from our little girl': Man who groomed 12-year-old child jailed ...

Burke (or Bourke) is one of the most popular Irish names of Norman origin. The name was introduced to Ireland through the person (and presumably extended family) of William Fitzadelm de Burgo, who ...

In the 16th century Elizabeth I was Queen of England. Spain and England were at war, and their armadas stalked each other on the open seas. Certain Irish sailing captains who swore allegiance to ...