Small Things Like TheseBy Claire KeeganGrove Press, New York2021 By Sabina Clarke Bill Furlong, the father of five girls, is a respected coal and timber merchant who sometimes reminds himself that he came from nothing. When his teenage Catholic mother… Continue Reading
FosterBy Claire KeeganFaber & Faber LimitedBloomsbury HouseLondon, England2010 By Sabina Clarke This powerful novella set in rural Ireland by Irish writer Claire Keegan is narrated through the eyes of a young girl whose name we’re never told. She is being… Continue Reading
Caption Above: Finishing a sculpture of a friend’s father. By Marita Krivda Poxon Not many people live in a castle, but the renowned Philadelphia born sculptor, Chris Collins, does and what a castle it is. Called Edgehill Castle and named… Continue Reading
By Hugh Turley Franciscan priest Richard Rohr founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rohr has been featured on the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Oprah Winfrey described Rohr “as one of the most… Continue Reading
Caption Above: Michael Bradley and his wife Linda stand with their sons Mickey & Colin at the Penn State Beaver Stadium. By Marita Krivda Poxon Michael Bradley finally gets to be the Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade… Continue Reading
Caption (above): Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall presents the tricolour flag of Ireland to Brian McGlinchey as honorary consul. By Katharine Gilbert Brian McGlinchey was appointed Ireland’s Honorary Consul to the State of Delaware in Wilmington on… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert The Irish Edition is celebrating the collaboration of two of our outstanding writers Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels who have recently presented the play Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? At the Commodore John Barry Arts &… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert The casting of Steve Gulick as the Franciscan Provincial in the staged reading of Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? written by Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels was brilliant. Gulick has a natural sense of historic figures… Continue Reading
It is with great sorrow that the Irish Edition notes the passing of taoiseach na dtaoiseach Paddy Moloney (1938-2021), master uilleann piper and band leader of The Chieftains (known as ‘Na Taoisigh’ in Irish). Ar dheis Dé go raibh a… Continue Reading
By Peter Makem For a few years in my early life I played the uilleann pipes. There was a set in the house bought by my father from a traveller piper in Keady and from time to time, I strapped… Continue Reading