A Christmas Candle In The Window
As we enter the Christmas season, it is an appropriate time to reflect on a tradition that many families take part in, though few...
AOH Legacy Webinar With Relatives for Justice
With Britain still moving to take away all legal channels for legacy justice, victims’ campaigners will open the New Year with a direct appeal...
New York Remembers 1981
The summer of 2021 marks 40 years since the death of 10 brave young men on hunger strike in the H-Block Prison. Throughout this...
Northern Assembly Election Results
Northern Assembly Results
From its inception in 1920, the state of Northern Ireland was created to maintain a Unionist majority, putting an international border through...
St. Patrick’s Day 1982
The highest honor one can receive in Irish-American circles is to be named Grand Marshal of their local St. Patrick's Day Parade, with the...
Irish-American Heritage Month In Westchester
White Plains, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators kicked off Irish-American Heritage Month with a virtual ceremony on March 7th that highlighted...
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Announces Move To Fairfield
The Gaelic American has previously covered the decision to close Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University.
Ireland's Great Hunger was and is an incredibly...
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
I am in full agreement with Hilary Beirne’s Opinion article, A Lost Opportunity for Ireland. Every Irish family has relatives living abroad,...
Rockaway Irish Festival Returns – September 18 & 19
The Rockaway Irish Festival returns for an eighth year on September 18th and 19th at Saint Camillus on Beach 100th Street, Rockaway Beach, NY.
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Upcoming Irish Language Act Protest
It is an absurdity beyond belief that the Irish language is not treated equally in Ireland's Northern Six Counties, yet that is the current...
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The Celtic Origins Of Halloween
Halloween – Oíche Shamhna
The term “Halloween” is a short Christian way of saying, The Eve of All Hallows. The business of creatures from the...
The Orange Legacy in New York
In the 1790s, rural County Armagh was a hotbed of Protestant and Catholic sectarianism. Friction between the two groups culminated in a fierce pitched...
