Opinion
KIRWAN: The Window Opening Wider
The divide between lace curtain and shanty had pretty much disappeared by the time I hit New York in the 1970s. That being said, the clientele of t...
May 01, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: Missing My Long Ago Influencers
There are a number of building blocks in any reasonably successful rock ‘n’ roll band. First of course, are the musicians themselves, followed clos...
April 08, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: Danger Crossing an Asphalt Canal
Canal Street in Lower Manhattan runs just over a mile from East Broadway to West Street. It’s big, broad and bustling and many the famous person fr...
March 20, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Standout Among Irish-American Women
Who was the most successful Irish-American woman? In my book, she was a fugitive, a prisoner, vivacious, beloved, despised, and competitive. She co...
March 06, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN; Stuck With United While Admiring Forest
Like many people from Ireland I support an English football team. As I brace myself for sneers of contempt curried by hollow words of patronizing p...
February 20, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Highly Recommended Incomplete Movie
The old Philips tube radio was my best friend in those Wexford boyhood days. It took a couple of minutes to warm up but then it delivered the sweet...
January 09, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
KIRWAN: Stops Along the NYC Pilgrimage Way
New York City is jammed in these boom times. The sidewalks are abustle with shoppers, the streets clogged with vehicles, their passengers staring o...
December 12, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Remarkable Politician With an Unerring Ear
At around 11:30 p.m. on November 5th I realized the jig was up. Some figures came in from North Carolina, and though hardly earth-shattering, I kne...
November 27, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: This Rocker Delves Into Opera
Ever thought of attending an elite opera festival in an historic medieval town less than two hours from Dublin? I’m referring to Wexford in the sun...
November 14, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Salute to the 'Other' Behan
“There’s only room for one genius in this family!” Brendan Behan is reputed to have remarked to Dominic, his younger brother. While Dominic Behan m...
October 31, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: What Kind of America?
Odd as it may seem, this presidential election is being fought between the normal and the weird, the logical and the fantastical, and the old and n...
October 17, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
KIRWAN: The Other Ireland in the Catskills
I grew up on the banks of the Slaney River, right where it flows into Wexford Harbor on its way to the Irish Sea. There was water everywhere, lappi...
October 03, 2024
by Larry Kirwan