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…
Month: October 2022
New Irish Ambassador to U.S.
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…
Irish American Women and the Labor Movement
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…
BOREALIS to Light up Dublin Skies at Halloween
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…
The President Should Appoint a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Now
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…