Special to The Irish Gazette Ireland’s last white Christmas was in 2010 when approximately 10.5 inches of snow fell and temperatures plummeted in some areas. It was one of nine white Christmases officially recorded there in the past 60 years – 1964, 1970, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2010. According to their long-term…
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…
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…
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…
Dick Mack’s Pub is a must see place on every tourists itinerary when they are in Dingle town on the Dingle peninsula in southwest Co. Kerry (Dingle is often referred to as the last parish before Boston). Dick Mack’s is situated across the street from the Catholic Church on Green Street in town and is…
Special to the Irish Gazette. Photo credit Laurie Hertzel & Star Tribune. The growing over-65 population in Ireland as well as the overall healthy lifestyle of the Irish population has caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO recently officially recognized Ireland as one of the best places in the world to grow old. …
People with disabilities or reduced mobility can now fully enjoy everything the Cliffs of Moher Experience in County Clare has to offer courtesy of two electric buggies. Operated by trained staff, the Burren Buggy and Wild Atlantic Shuttle provide visitors with a guided tour of Ireland’s most natural attraction from the viewing platforms overlooking the…