Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Irish Tricolour is a symbol of ‘a shared future and a shared island’ at an event to mark the 175th anniversary of the flying of the Irish National Flag. The Taoiseach was speaking at a flag-raising ceremony in Waterford as part of a program of events to mark the anniversary….
Scattered around the Irish countryside the mysterious fairy forts have the power to curse those who cross them and even affect the weather… how much do we really know about these mystical structures? Throughout Ireland, there are thousands of mysterious looking forts whose reputations strike terror into the hearts of many. These forts have the…
Featured image courtesy of https://www.cesc.ie/ December 6, 2021 marked 100 Years Since Anglo-Irish Treaty Signed The signing of the treaty ended the War of Independence and set the stage for British withdrawal from most of Ireland with the handover of power to an independent Irish Government. The treaty gave Ireland independence, but as a member…
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…
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…
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…
Great summertime read by North Dakota writer, Tim Doyle who is a retired railroad engineer. The inside knowledge Doyle brings to the book makes it come alive with the lingo and atmosphere gained from a career of running trains. The book outlines the Fenian’s, a secret Irish society’s conspiracy to arrange drug shipments by train….
By Monica Nilsson Editor’s note: The author Monica Nilsson is Executive Director of Haven Housing, St. Paul’s 2012 Distinguished Irish Woman and proud daughter of Mary Gallagher Nilsson. You’ll see Gallaghers, Kanes, Egans, Treacys, McGraths, McCarthys and O’Phelans, Sheas, Harrises, Ryans, Galligans, Faricys, Murphys and McMahons. And because the Irish are a welcoming…
January 30, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of that tragic day in Derry known as “Bloody Sunday” when 26 peaceful civic rights demonstrators were shot in 1972 with 14 of them killed by British soldiers. The demonstrators were protesting the British policy of Internment without trail, giving the British Government the power to arrest anyone…