By Marita Krivda Poxon The Corson homestead located at the corner of Butler and Germantown Pikes in the heart of the Plymouth Meeting National Historic District no longer faces the prospect of being subdivided by K. Hovnanian to build 67… Continue Reading
By Maurice Fitzpatrick The global impact of the killing of George Floyd spread to Ireland with protesters asserting that black lives matter in front of the U.S. embassy in Dublin. Similarly, the position of minorities in Ireland has come into… Continue Reading
By Peter Makem Over fifty years ago a statue was erected in Newry in honour of the Irish patriot John Mitchel (1815-1875) by some local politicians and leaders. A Newry GAA club around that time was named in his honor… Continue Reading
By Charlie Reilly Almost everyone knows Eugene O’Donnell as the Minor-, twice-Junior, thrice-Senior All Ireland Dancing Champion of Ulster, and in his final competition Senior Champion of All Ireland. As the Derry Journal reported, “He has held every available award… Continue Reading
By Bob Gessler President, Board of Directors, Irish Memorial The members of the Irish Memorial Board and I are saddened by Glenna’s passing. The Irish Memorial had an incredible team of artists; the evocative landscape by Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, the beautiful… Continue Reading
(photos above: Mary Gordon, Jay McInerney, and Colm Toibin) By Sabina Clarke In 1991 when I was promoting Inherit the Wind starring Jason Miller and Malachy McCourt in a City Hall courtroom, I interviewed Jason for The Catholic Standard &… Continue Reading
From The Reporter’s Notebook By Thom Nickels Wild speculations and predictions suggest that it came from a biological lab in China or that it was a sinister “gift” to humanity from the so-called Deep State. The most scientifically sound answer… Continue Reading
Photo Caption (above): The Bogside Artists Mural in County Derry By Peter Makem It was very close to the Kennedy Assassination in terms of memory shock. For all those alive at the time on January 30, 1972, everybody seems to… Continue Reading
By Mike Kitsock The Borough of Girardville, PA, host to the “Biggest Little Saint Patrick’s Day Parade east of the Mississippi,” has remained home to generations of Irish-Americans for well over a century. Rich deposits of Anthracite coal in the… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels Did an Irishman design the First Bank building at 3rd and Chestnut Streets? The first time I heard this question posed I asked myself, “Can something this major be a mystery?” And yet in all probability it… Continue Reading