By Jim McGill Paddy Moloney certainly was the heart and soul of the Chieftains. He was keenly aware of the big picture. The Chieftain’s first appearance in Philadelphia was in 1973. A group of singers from Release Records, which included… Continue Reading
By Jamie O’Brien It must have been the early 1960s, I can’t remember exactly when, but someone must have traveled back to Ireland and brought home an LP. I just remember it being being played and, for me, it was a… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels Meg Sullivan is an avid hiker — five to seven miles a day— and a firm believer in education. She graduated from Nazareth Academy for Girls and St. Joseph’s College and she wants to be a Pennsylvania… Continue Reading
Dylan Thomas Keenan, 43, died on September 26, 2021. Beloved son of Thomas W. and Jane M. (nee Mulvenna) Keenan. Dylan is survived by his wife Shannon (nee Wilson) and his children Brandon Collins and Ashlynn Loretta Keenan. Also survived… Continue Reading
By Denise Foley If you’ve ever attended a charity party, bought a cake from a home-school association, or, say, perused table after table of raffle prizes at a St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraiser somewhere in the Delaware Valley, you can… Continue Reading
Above: Larry Fryers at work — Photo by Daniel Cork By Tim McCloskey Larry Fryers did not take a traditional route to a professional boxing career. Born in Queens, New York, to Irish parents, he moved back with his family… Continue Reading
By Tim McCloskey Delco middleweight fights Saturday, July 31, at the Showboat Hotel and Casino. Local boxer Brendan O’Callaghan is set to make his pro boxing debut on the famed boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. O’Callaghan, of Briarcliff, did… Continue Reading
By Barrie Maguire On Sunday, December 19, 1948, Philadelphia awoke to a blizzard. The heavy snow only added to the excitement as my father and I pushed our way through the old wooden turnstiles at Shibe Park. I was nine… Continue Reading
(Photo above: Olivia and her husband Mark Hilpl) By Marita Krivda Poxon From her earliest days in Sligo town in the 1960s, Olivia Hilpl, founder of Rince Ri School of Irish Dance in Southampton, PA, was born to dance. She… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Reading the letters of F Scott Fitzgerald is like eavesdropping on a private conversation as the unseen listener where nothing is censored except a reference here and there to an individual that might offend. Fitzgerald’s letters offer… Continue Reading