By Marita Krivda Poxon Michael Finnegan heard about the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS) around fifteen years ago from two fellow Irish American friends Jim McSherry and Jim Fitzsimmons who promoted his appointment to the Society’s Board. Within a few… 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
By Ciarán QuinnSinn Féin North America RepresentativeOffice of Mary Lou McDonaldSinn Féin Party President Congratulations to the Irish Edition for making it to 40! It is a credit to Publisher Anthony Byrne, Editor Jane Duffin and its contributors and loyal… 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
By Kathy McGee Burns Last year was a tough time for lots of us. We spent months of separation, bewilderment and depression. I could not even see most of my grandchildren and still have not. Then one day, on Facebook,… Continue Reading
By Peter Makem I remember when driving through Cooley, Co Louth a few years ago with a friend of ours, Claudine Thornton, a native of the area and who was showing us around. She suddenly told me to pull up… Continue Reading
By Maurice Fitzpatrick The U.S. presidential election result represents a disaster for the British government. Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Richie Neal, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have repeatedly stated that they will not grant passage to a U.K.… Continue Reading
By John Rossi From the late nineteenth century until World War II ethnic humor and downright slurs, often good humored but also humiliating and insulting, were commonplace in American literature. Ethnic and racial stereotypes proliferated: Gallagher and Shean, Amos and… Continue Reading
(Photo above: The tunnel along Kelly Drive.) By Marita Krivda Poxon Ryan Heenan, current President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick describes himself as “the youngest guy in the room” when he speaks about how he often feels when… Continue Reading