By Sabina Clarke Philadelphia’s top cop, former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney (1998-2003) was in town to pick up the Leadership Award from the American Ireland Fund, AIF, on Tuesday, December 7th at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: The following book review/ interview with Roy Bourgeois appeared in three parts in the Irish Edition (Dec., Jan., Feb 2010)—prior to the latest news that Roy Bourgeois is now being threatened with removal from the Maryknoll Order by… Continue Reading
Phillies Pitcher Roy Halladay, otherwise known as ‘Doc Halladay’, traded to the Phillies this year, may just may be Charlie Manuel’s answered prayer. Before coming to the Phillies, Halladay spent the first 12 seasons of his career as a Toronto… Continue Reading
By Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Where will you be this Halloween? If the run-of-the-mill ooohing and aaahing over your friends’ store-bought polyester costumes has you bored, you might try “Terror Behind the Walls” at Eastern State Penitentiary (2027 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia). Now… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Strolling through the spectacular exhibition The Quiet Men, now at Villanova University through October 6th, with artist Brian Whelan, the exhibition’s co-curator and driving force, who, for years, toyed with the concept of a major contemporary London… Continue Reading
O’Neills from America, Ireland, France, Portugal and Spain Gathered in Paris for An International Association O’Neill Clans By Kathleen O’Neill Benshila The meeting of the International Association of O’Neill Clans is the continuation of a series of events dedicated to… Continue Reading
[editor’s note] We congratulate Tim McGrath for writing an outstanding and long-overdue book on the heroic life John Barry. Though born and raised in Wexford until the age of 15, Barry quickly adopted America as his country for which he… Continue Reading
“The Man Who Warned America” By Murray Weiss By Sabina Clarke In this riveting biography of former FBI agent John O’Neill, the nation’s top counterterrorism cop in both Washington, D.C. and later New York City, author Murray Weiss offers an… Continue Reading
By Shane O’Donnell When Gerry Timlin partnered with Ed Egan in October 2004 to open The Shanachie in Ambler, it was the culmination of years of dreaming. “I was the manager of Brittingham’s for 10 or 12 years, and… Continue Reading
Thomas J. Lyons II Writes About Growing Up in Northeast Philadelphia By Dave Duffin As I sit reading You Can’t Get to Heaven on the Frankford El, the book by my pal at St. Martin of Tour’s Grade School in… Continue Reading