Many of us know little, if anything, about our ancestors. Often, we don’t even know their names. My own ignorance about my ...

Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Brooklyn will observe the Feast of St. Brigid, patroness of Ireland, with a Mass of thanksgiving ...

The New York Saint Patrick’s Day parade has a long, fascinating history. Boston claims the oldest celebrations of St. Patrick ...

England and Ireland have been playing one another in rugby union internationals since 1875 with with England winning the ...

President Michael D. Higgins has presented this year’s Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad at a ...

Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony is one of the rugby personalities interviewed for the second season of the behind-the-scenes ...

In the media yoke this week is Damien Mullane’s new album “Evoke.” An album of exceptional musicianship and extraordinary ...

The boys are holding on to the bulk of the jobs. The group Women for Election are not happy with the number of women in the ...

For those used to seeing names like Rock, McCarthy, Fenton, Mannion and McCarthy on the team, this Dublin line-up was new, ...

Donagh Keary, then 18 and an amateur standout, was one of only two Irish winners on the Rathfriland boxing team that ...

There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin ...

From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet ...