SAVE THE DATE: Don’t miss the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday on Thursday, June 16 from 5-8 p.m. Join your friends at the beautiful Summit Manor event venue, located at 275 Summit Avenue in St. Paul, for a one-of-a-kind evening. The international celebration of James Joyce’s book, Ulysses will be celebrated locally by the Minnesota chapter…
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…
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…
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….
Ann Heyman was Honored for A Lifetime Achievement Award. Both the Somerset Folk Harp festival and the Historical Harp Society of Ireland were recognizing Ann Heymnn with their Lifetime Achievement Awards this July. The decisions that each group reached independently. Somerset’s award honors Ann’s pioneering work with wire-strung harps and her importance to the harp community….
According to recent statistics, Co.Cork, Ireland has the lowest crime rate but the highest homicide rate of any other County in Ireland. There were 42 murders in the last five years despite any major gang activity in the city center. This would come as no surprise to the family of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier. Du Plantier’s…
Photo credit: “Boston Globe” President Joe Biden has nominated Massachusetts politician Claire Cronin as the new Ambassador to Ireland. The White House announced the much-speculated nomination in late June, with Ms Cronin set to become the first female holder of the office since Jean Kennedy Smith ended her term in 1998. Ms Cronin currently serves…
by Mattie Lennon The Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA) was established in 2007 by the Australian independent community-based Men’s Sheds to represent, support and promote the Men’s Shed movement. It was founded on the principle of sharing information between sheds and those communities wishing to establish and operate a Men’s Shed. It acts as a…
by Will Kenny I can safely claim to be making an understatement when I observe that the arrival and spread of the coronavirus has been disruptive. The last year has seen major impacts of COVID19 on economic conditions, social interactions, and virtually every other facet of our lives. And that disruption applies in every part…
A great St. Patrick’s tradition that has been held next to the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul since 2010 and hosted by Larson King LLP, the largest law firm headquartered in the saintly city, has been put on hold for two years. The invitation-only tent party will resume next year according to Patrick O’Neill,…