Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, who was born in Dublin on June 5, 1932, is remembered by many people as the character played by… Read More »On This Day: Christy Brown of “My Left Foot” was born in Dublin

In May 1844, Asenath Nicholson left New York aboard the Brooklyn to “personally investigate the condition of the Irish poor.” She had been a schoolteacher… Read More »Protestant New Yorker who saved hundreds of Irish famine victims

Keepers of the Steps, a cultural program of the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco (UICC), is a growing collection of Irish dance stories,… Read More »How Irish dance is being preserved by a cultural group in San Francisco

Domhnall O’Donoghue discovers the fascinating and intertwined history of Maynooth University and Saint Patrick’s College – Ireland’s national seminary. * This article was originally published… Read More »Maynooth, a town of saints and scholars

When you get your own star on Hollywood Boulevard, it’s a sign that you’re more than just successful. Your name has become iconic. You’re a… Read More »On This Day: Actress, producer and director Roma Downey was born in Derry

The Irish government has created a Citizens’ Assembly (CA) on Drugs Use to examine the practical policies that Ireland could implement to substantially decrease the… Read More »Tackling Ireland’s growing drug problem

A savvy traveler in 1953 to Ireland from rural Minnesota packs a portable 35mm camera, Kodachrome slide film, and other essentials for world travel. That’s… Read More »Seeing Ireland through my father’s vintage Kodachrome images

First Irish Nobel Laureate, William Butler Yeats was an organic bridge between Orient and Western countries, and specifically between Indians and Irish which is quite… Read More »W.B. Yeats’ Indian Irish renaissance

Leaders of 19 groups from across the six counties joined at the Houben Centre in Belfast last Saturday, April 1 to receive Freedom for All… Read More »AOH presents Freedom for All Ireland grants in Belfast

On that fateful day in 1911, when 146 people lost their lives changing working conditions in New York forever, those who rushed to help and… Read More »On This Day: 146 people lost their lives in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York