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…
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…
The Dead Fitzgeralds
By KleckoParis Breakfast Publications2022 Reviewed by Mary McFarland The book launch for The Dead Fitzgeralds was Sept., 24 at 1 p.m. at Subtext Books, 6 West 5th. St. in downtown Saint. Paul. The Dead Fitzgeralds by Klecko could also be called just The Dead, (apologies to James Joyce) as it remembers so many who have…
Eagan Arms Public House & Merlins Rest
Lee Tomlin and Tracie Munce – Photo by Andy Rogers News update at Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins RestLee Tomlin and Tracie Munce from Eagan Arms Public House and Merlins Rest have sent some of their staff members on their first trip to Scotland – going to the Fringe Fest and the Highland Games…
Knocker Upper
A “knocker-up” waking up clients, in the late 1800’s. A knocker-up, also referred to as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Ireland. This profession lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, and to as late as the beginning of the 1920s. A knocker-up’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to…
Mullen Tea
Shelagh Geraghty Mullen | food designer Typically, I like my Irish whiskey neat. But a few weeks ago we were at our dear friends home in Wisconsin. Our friend Jill, knowing we are Irish, thought we’d like a drink she found that was made with Jameson and tea. It was delicious, and it gave me the…
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…