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…
Category: Ireland
Dick Mack’s Pub
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…
World Health Organization recognizes Ireland as one of the best places to grow old.
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. …
The Cliffs Of Moher now have Electric Buggies for Visitors
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…
The Brotherhood by Tim Doyle
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….
Irish Diasporas Push for Voting Rights in Ireland
In November 2020, the Irish Government approved a new diaspora strategy. It included a commitment to hold a referendum to extend the right to vote in Ireland’s presidential election to Irish citizens who live abroad. Such a move will bring Ireland more in line with other European countries. The Electoral Reform Bill, now in progress…
Bloomsday 2022
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…
Bloody Sunday Anniversary
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…
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….