There are people who insist that modern Irish society is too educated to believe in curses and superstitions. These people have never spent much ti...

I just read the brilliant debut novel of Irish-born Ferdia Lennon, a talented novelist who manages to combine the Syracuse of 412 B.C. with modern ...

It is not surprising when a man born of Irish parents in England becomes a folk musician, but it is when he becomes a revered Greek traditional mus...

It is easy, even for a top traditional musician, to go unnoticed when you play in a Celtic supergroup like Lúnasa. The band features Kevin Crawford...

The World Cup is upon us and as an Irish fan it is hard to find a team to support. The last time the World Cup was held in the United States was 19...

Part 2 In my first article about New Orleans (see here), I traced the city’s long Irish history until the start of the Civil War. New Orleans fell ...

Researching the Irish in the New Orleans, I discovered their huge role in the city’s history and culture, a role too large for one article — and th...

A beloved Irish American, Archbishop Fulton Sheen of Peoria, Illinois, has been beatified, putting him on the path to canonization. When Bishop Lou...

The street in front of the New York Irish Center in Long Island City is called Jackson Avenue, but it won’t be for long. On this Saturday, Feb. 7, ...

I am visiting the beautiful central American country of Guatemala, where one of the most controversial figures in Latin American history is honored...

Millions of American kids grow up dreaming of scoring the winning points in an NFL football game in front of 70,000 screaming fans. You might suppo...

With the American seizure of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro over the recent weekend the world has been focusing on Caracas, the Venezuelan ca...