Are Ghost Writers the Only Ghosts at Port Richmond Bookstore?
(Above: From left: Greg Gillespie, Irish Edition writer Frank Dougherty, book dealer Dave Miller, and paranormal investigator John Levy discuss the weird occurrences taking place at Port Richmond Books. — Photo | Jim Talone) By Frank Dougherty Gregory Gillespie these days is trying to solve a mystery every bit as intriguing as the plots of the [...]
She Talks to the Angels…And She’s Been to Heaven
By Sabina Clarke Irish author Lorna Byrne who lives a quiet life in County Kilkenny, Ireland has been seeing and talking to angels since she was a child. In 2003 she decided to tell her story to the world—at the angels’ prompting. From an early age, Lorna a mother of four was told by the [...]
A Breach of Promise—Awaiting Verdict on Boston College IRA Tapes
If you would like to read the previous article on this subject click here By Sabina Clarke As of today July 15th, former IRA member, author and journalist Anthony McIntyre, his American wife Carrie Twomey and New York author and journalist Ed Moloney are in a waiting game—hoping to hear if their request for an [...]
Unraveling the Boston College Debacle…An Interview with Carrie Twomey
By Sabina Clarke Carrie Twomey doesn’t mince words. She is furious at Boston College for failing to protect their archives. Carrie is the American-born Orange County, Southern California wife of Belfast-born author, journalist, ex Irish Republican Army volunteer and former prisoner Dr. Anthony McIntyre. And, she is on a mission for her husband who cannot [...]
Capturing a Lost World…
Photo © Katharine Gilbert By Sabina Clarke On An Irish Island By Robert Kanigel Alfred A.Knopf, 2012 $26.95 The inspiration for this book was serendipitous and happened by chance in 20005 when the author, on his honeymoon in western Ireland, visited the town of Dun Chaoin and became intrigued with the history of the Great [...]
A Meeting of Minds…A Conversation between Artist and Patron
By Sabina Clarke This stunning and beautifully illustrated book with photographs of original paintings by first generation London-Irish artist Brian Whelan is a fascinating exchange of ideas between Irish Catholic Brian Whelan and Jeff Frohner, a Lutheran pastor from Orange County, California who proves to be an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Connoisseur of fine art. How [...]
The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals Who Made America
By Megan Gillin-Schwartz Acclaimed journalist and documentary filmmaker Karen F. McCarthy’s non-fiction debut The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals Who Made America (Sterling Publishing, 2011) chronicles the strong, yet under-noted Scots-Irish influence on the shaping of the American character. Her cinematic background shines through as she shares the influence of the distinct culture that produced [...]
Remembering a Patriot—The Mysterious Death of John O’Neill
“The Man Who Warned America” By Murray Weiss By Sabina Clarke In this riveting biography of former FBI agent John O’Neill, the nation’s top counterterrorism cop in both Washington, D.C. and later New York City, author Murray Weiss offers an accurate and factual account of O’Neill’s spectacular career and his complex clandestine personal life. O’Neill [...]
You Can’t Get to Heaven on The Frankford El
Thomas J. Lyons II Writes About Growing Up in Northeast Philadelphia By Dave Duffin As I sit reading You Can’t Get to Heaven on the Frankford El, the book by my pal at St. Martin of Tour’s Grade School in Philadelphia, I occasionally look up at the sun setting on the Pacific Ocean over the [...]
Brooklyn Paper Boy to Villanova Man of Letters:
Dr. James J. Murphy Reflects on Irishness Past and Present An Interview by Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Jim Murphy grew up in Brooklyn (Flatbush). As a child, he had a paper route, a home full of Irish songs and ballads, and a village’s worth of aunts, uncles, and cousins, in Brooklyn and beyond. Jim’s mother, Kathleen Sloyan, [...]
