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 ...

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 ...

SINN Féin have announced that no representatives of the party will attend St Patrick’s Day events ...

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 ...

For the Irish American Partnership, the future of Ireland is all about its youth. The belief that Ireland’s future is all about its youth was on full display this fall when the Irish American ...

When the National Basketball Association (NBA) tipped off its 2024-2025 season in Abu Dhabi, the world saw a team with close ties to Roscommon, Clare, and one of America’s great Irish cities. Then ...

Ireland commemorates the Famine. Colin Lacey reports. Addressing a near-capacity crowd of almost 5,000 at the opening of The Great Famine Event in Millstreet, Co. Cork, Irish President Mary Robinson ...

First-time author Clara Dillon brings us deep into the world of bullying and exclusion in a well-to-do Dublin suburb. Sara and her family have just moved back from London – she’s English but agrees to ...

Quincy, Massachusetts has become the go-to place for thousands of Irish expats who have settled in the Boston area over the ...