Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association to revive Women’s Christmas Jan. 9 at Kieran’s For a lucky 13 years, Minneapolis was home to one final holiday bash of the season that filled an Irish pub with women on a Sunday afternoon in January. Lucky for all, it will happen again in 2022. Kieran’s Irish Pub will…
Month: December 2021
Father James Nugent – A Connemara Hero of the 1880 Assisted Emigration Scheme
by Dr. Maxine Keoghan It was with great interest that I read the articles in the Irish Gazette of Minnesota’s Connemara immigrants who settled there in the 1880’s. I attended university in the west of Ireland in the city of Galway and have always been fascinated by Connemara – its landscape and its people. I…
Lonely Planet Choses Dublin in Top Ten Travel Destinations
Best in Travel 2022 is Lonely Planet’s 17th annual collection of the world’s hottest destinations and must-have travel experiences for the year ahead. Listing the top 10 countries, regions and cities that should be on every globe-trotter’s to-do list, the world’s number one travel guidebook puts Dublin at number seven in its top 10 cities….