Irish Mystic and Angel Communicator Lorna Byrne to Speak in Chestnut Hill
World famous mystic, author and angel communicator, Lorna Byrne, will be interviewed by the Very Rev. E. Clifford Cutler, the Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill on Sunday, March 17. Following the interview, Ms. Byrne will take questions from the audience and then will meet with and give individual blessings to all [...]
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 [...]
Catching Up with Carrie Twomey…The Battle to Quash Subpoenas in Boston and Belfast
Photo © Katharine Gilbert By Sabina Clarke Recently I caught up with Carrie Twomey, safely ensconced with her husband Dr. Anthony McIntyre and children in County Louth, Ireland. McIntyre , who conducted interviews with former IRA members in the Boston College oral history project documenting ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and ‘ Belfast Project ‘Director [...]
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 [...]
Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill in Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By Sabina Clarke On a picture-perfect day for a parade, Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Fein’s Minister for Agriculture in the North and a passionate advocate of social issues and rural regeneration, was the honored guest. O’Neill, who was elected to the Joint Assembly at Stormont and is Deputy Chair of the Health Committee and member of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Patrick Eiding To Receive Welcoming Center’s Solas Award
By Sabina Clarke Patrick J. Eiding, a leader in the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania labor movement and a voice for workers across the country will receive the Dennis Clark Solas Award from the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians on December 7th. Some past recipients of the award, named in honor of the late Dennis Clark, a [...]
Fulfilling a Childhood Dream NE Phila. Resident Judy Heffernan is Ordained a Priest
By Sabina Clarke Since she was six years old and the nun took her to see the Tabernacle in church, Judy Heffernan, a good Catholic schoolgirl, a product of Catholic education and a graduate of Presentation Blessed Virgin Mary grammar school, St. Mary’s Academy and Chestnut Hill College – proclaimed to all who would listen [...]
