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 [...]
The Drs. Watson and Duffy’s Cut
Caption: In honor of the one-year anniversary of the burial and memorial service for five Duffy’s Cut workers, West Laurel Hill Cemetery hosted a Memorial Service on March 9. Among those attending were members of the excavation team (l. to r.) Rev. Dr. Frank Watson, Joe Conte, Charles Markward, Kris Panos, Taylor Sims, Matthew McStravog and [...]
My Name Is Not Patty or Paddy.
Click Here to view the entire IRED March 2013 front page. By Kristen McCann After the New Year passes, and March rolls around, Saint Patrick’s Day is here again. It is a time for the celebration of St. Patrick and his gift of Christianity to Ireland, helping Ireland to identify with the shamrock. But, somewhere [...]
John Ruddy Goes Home to Donegal — The Remains of 18-year-old Immigrant Found at Duffy’s Cut to be Reburied in Ardara
CAPTION: Dr. William Watson and his twin brother, the Rev. Dr. Frank Watson, have led the investigation into the slaughtered Irish railway workers found at Duffy’s Cut. By Dr. William Watson The remains are the first-found set of remains from Duffy’s Cut in 2009, originally designated as SK001, AKA John Ruddy. Ruddy was an 18-year-old immigrant from Donegal who died [...]
So Where’d The “Kerry” Go? ”Brocaire Gorm” aka “Kerry Blue Terrier”
By Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Once again we have several versions of a dog breed’s name, and the Irish language version offers a further variation. In English today, the usual term is “Kerry Blue Terrier.” In Ireland, the dog may be called the “Irish Blue Terrier,” and this was particularly true in previous decades, notably in the [...]
Ecuador Stands-Up to Britain…while the U.S. Genuflects
By Sabina Clarke There is a parallel to be drawn between the U.S. and Ecuador with the news that Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder hunted by the U.S., Britain and Sweden, has been granted asylum by the courageous little country of Ecuador. Ecuador has the temerity to stand-up to Britain, a former superpower while displaying [...]
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 [...]
The Story of Elizabeth McMenamin
From County Mayo to Philadelphia, to San Francisco, to Waikiki, to Vladivostok, to Pearl Harbor By Susan Haggerty from the research of Margaret McMenamin–O’Byrne and Sean McMenamin, grand niece and nephew of Elizabeth McMenamin. The harvest was the worst since the Great Famine and the same blight had returned to destroy the year 1879’s crops. It had also been [...]
The Day of the Rope 2012
Photo Above: Msgr. Francis A. Carbine (right) is with Father Patrick Gallen Schoenauer and Father John McFadden. Photo | Victor Izzo By Msgr. Francis A. Carbine I never imagined that I would celebrate Mass inside a cellblock in a prison presided over by a watch tower. Yet, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, I did precisely that. [...]
