Film Review The Banshees of Inisherin Directed by MartinMcDonagh By Mary McFarland Leave it to the Irish in these confusing times to deliver a confounding package of Irish mysticism wrapped up in an allegorical metaphor. The Bansees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, is based on the ending of a lifelong friendship between Padraic and Colm…
It’s that time of year and Sister Celeste is determined to get everyone in pitch-perfect shape for the holy season! Join her and Sr. Margarita in the former St. Agatha’s Conservatory Chapel. There will be a wee vocal warm-up (Sister has a pitch pipe…which doesn’t mean she sings on-key!) followed by a festive round of Christmas Bingo there…
On Thursday, November 17, the Center for Irish Studies, and St. Thomas Libraries will co-host the Center for Irish Studies Fall 2022 Symposium. Originally distinguished as the first public event on campus that was cancelled in 2019 because of the pandemic, the Center and University Libraries are delighted to host three well-known scholars – Jane…
Special to The Irish GazetteContributions from multiple sources Irish people who were sent to Britain, the US and elsewhere for adoption when they were children as a result of decades-long Catholic hostility towards unmarried mothers will be entitled to unrestricted access to their birth certificates and other official records in Ireland for the first time…
Special to the Irish Gazette Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the U.S. in August of 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York from 2017 to assuming her current role in 2022. Previously she served as Ambassador to France and…
By Mary McFarland Other countries sent their sons to America, Ireland sent its daughters. And, in the U.S., these women took advantage of the educational opportunities available to the them and moved from a first generation of maids and nannies to an educated force to be reckoned with. Not surprisingly these same women developed a…
As part of the Bram Stoker Festival, a unique light and sound show will bring the magic of the Northern Lights to Dublin. The Irish premiere of BOREALIS, an artwork by internationally renowned Swiss artist Dan Acher, which creates a mesmerizing illusion of the Northern Lights, has been announced for the Bram Stoker Festival (28…
by Peter Kissel In a letter to President Biden on August 5, 2022, Congressman William Keating (D-MA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe, requested the President “to appoint a Special Envoy to continue the historical role of the U.S. in facilitating compromise and negotiations in Northern Ireland and to ensure peace…
By KleckoParis Breakfast Publications2022 Reviewed by Mary McFarland The book launch for The Dead Fitzgeralds was Sept., 24 at 1 p.m. at Subtext Books, 6 West 5th. St. in downtown Saint. Paul. The Dead Fitzgeralds by Klecko could also be called just The Dead, (apologies to James Joyce) as it remembers so many who have…
Lee Tomlin and Tracie Munce – Photo by Andy Rogers News update at Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins RestLee Tomlin and Tracie Munce from Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins Rest have sent some of their staff members on their first trip to Scotland – going to the Fringe Fest and the Highland Games…