Remembering Augustine E. Costello & The Voyage Of Erin’s Hope
Augustine E. Costello was born in Killimor, Co. Galway in 1846. Little is known of his early childhood years, which were lived during the...
Bronx Hibernians Set To Honor Community Leaders
Former Congressman Eliot Engel, Danny O’Connell (National AOH President), Nuala Purcell (Irish community photographer and County Tipperary Association President) and Michael Shanley (Irish Northern Aid, representing American...
Why Does Ireland Have Juryless Courts?
Article 38, Section 5 of the Irish Constitution provides for trial by jury for those accused of criminal charges. This article applies except for...
Gaeilgoirs Stage Protest At NYC British Embassy
The Kathleen and Thomas Clarke Chapter of the Gaelic League, Cumann Cháitlín agus Thomáis Uí Chléirigh / Conradh na Gaeilge, staged a protest over...
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 “Voice From The Tomb” Calls Again
In his famous "Voice From The Tomb" letter of 1873 to John Devoy in New York, a Fenian prisoner in Freemantle, Western Australia, James...
Why Is Quinnipiac University Closing Their Great Hunger Museum?
The Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University is an incomparable source of information and artifacts from the 1845-1850 era in Ireland, referred to incorrectly...
Michael Flannery Arrested – October 1, 1981
On Thursday, October 1, 1981, Michael Flannery was arrested outside of his home in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Michael Flannery looked like your typical...
Irish Language Mass for St. Barnabas
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will join with Gaelic Societies, Irish community groups and parishioners in the strongly Irish Woodlawn-McLean area to host an...
New Rochelle’s Irish Weekend October 15-17
New Rochelle is going to be embracing its Irish roots throughout the weekend of October 15th to the 17th.
On October 15th the New Rochelle...
