(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
Updated: May 1, 2020When Villanova University reopens, the exhibit will be on display. Villanova, PA—Ireland is known for its outsized literary tradition: Its novelists, poets, and playwrights have produced many of the world’s most significant works, across centuries, genres, and… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels This year marks the 250th anniversary of Philadelphia’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Two hundred and fifty years is a milestone, an epic accomplishment given how the passage of time can wreck or alter many honorable traditions. The… Continue Reading
By Kathy McGee Burns On October 3, 2020, the Commodore John Barry Arts and Cultural Center will be honoring 100 local women of Irish descent who have contributed in some way to the Irish community of the Delaware Valley. Some… Continue Reading
JIM MULLEN Saint Patrick’s Day has always been important to me. As a younger person it meant wearing a green tie to school and attending the annual parish St. Patrick’s Day Variety Show. As I grew older, and as I… Continue Reading
By Msgr. Francis A. Carbine There once was a cleric from Limerick Town whose deeds were rewarded with fame and renown. He learned words in Yiddish and lived with the British and served as an airman but not for the… Continue Reading
GirlBy Edna O’BrienFarrar, Strauss and GirouxNew York2019$26.00 Reviewed by Sabina Clarke In a dazzling display of ferocity, genius and a triumph of imagination Edna O’Brien tackles a difficult tale telling the story of the 276 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Forward: On November 26th Irish writer Edna O’Brien was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Prize in London for having “moved mountains both politically and lyrically through her writing.” The $40,000 prize is often regarded as a precursor to… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels Whether you call people who are in the United States illegally ‘illegal aliens’ or ‘undocumented immigrants’ doesn’t matter much when you consider the by now infamous case of Keith Byrne, who came to the United States in… Continue Reading
By Tim McCloskey Belfast brawler Carl “The Jackal” Frampton will make his return to the boxing ring on August 10 at Temple University’s Liacouras Center after an eight month layoff. The night will mark the second big Irish boxing event… Continue Reading