By Jim McGill Paddy Moloney certainly was the heart and soul of the Chieftains. He was keenly aware of the big picture. The Chieftain’s first appearance in Philadelphia was in 1973. A group of singers from Release Records, which included… Continue Reading
By Jamie O’Brien It must have been the early 1960s, I can’t remember exactly when, but someone must have traveled back to Ireland and brought home an LP. I just remember it being being played and, for me, it was a… Continue Reading
By Denise Foley If you’ve ever attended a charity party, bought a cake from a home-school association, or, say, perused table after table of raffle prizes at a St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraiser somewhere in the Delaware Valley, you can… Continue Reading
By Ciarán QuinnSinn Féin North America RepresentativeOffice of Mary Lou McDonaldSinn Féin Party President Congratulations to the Irish Edition for making it to 40! It is a credit to Publisher Anthony Byrne, Editor Jane Duffin and its contributors and loyal… Continue Reading
(Photo above: Olivia and her husband Mark Hilpl) By Marita Krivda Poxon From her earliest days in Sligo town in the 1960s, Olivia Hilpl, founder of Rince Ri School of Irish Dance in Southampton, PA, was born to dance. She… Continue Reading
By Kathy McGee Burns Last year was a tough time for lots of us. We spent months of separation, bewilderment and depression. I could not even see most of my grandchildren and still have not. Then one day, on Facebook,… Continue Reading
(Photo above: The tunnel along Kelly Drive.) By Marita Krivda Poxon Ryan Heenan, current President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick describes himself as “the youngest guy in the room” when he speaks about how he often feels when… Continue Reading
By Marita Krivda Poxon Caption (above photo): Tom Higgins with his sash as a 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Ring of Honor member stands next to his wife Dee McAllister Williams on the Parkway. Tom Higgins well known to the… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert Recently we reached out to Temple University Athletics Director Fran Dunphy to find out how he is coping with Covid-19 challenges. How does his success as a coach translate into the management of 19 varsity sports in… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Despite being raised in a strict Irish-German Roman Catholic household and schooled in the Baltimore catechism when Mass was said in Latin and nuns wore traditional habits, Thom Nickels looked beyond searching for adventure, curious about the… Continue Reading