Mike Houlihan

Mike "Houli" Houlihan is a former columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and Irish American News, host of Hibernian Radio every Sat. night on Global Irish Radio, founder of the Annual Irish American Movie Hooley film festival, director, filmmaker, and Chairman of Hibernian Media

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Marty Mullarkey Marty Mullarkey
When your sur name is Mullarkey, you might be destined to endure wisecracks along your path of life. But Marty Mullarkey is a survivor. Years ago, ...
Chicago Calling: The Offaly nice man bringing the black stuff to the Windy City
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Chicago Calling: The Offaly nice man bringing the black stuff to the Windy City
Eoghain Clavin could be the luckiest man alive with his current gig, national account manager for Guinness Brewery. Or has he been working towards ...
Chicago Calling: How a love for the Guards made a Chicago cop out of Mayo emigrant Jarlath
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Chicago Calling: How a love for the Guards made a Chicago cop out of Mayo emigrant Jarlath
Irish cops are the modern-day equivalent to our ancient mythological Irish warriors. Jarlath Heveran is Detective Sgt for the Forest Park Police, a...
Chicago Calling: Irish Fest is back with President Bill at the helm
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Chicago Calling: Irish Fest is back with President Bill at the helm
Who speaks for the Irish community of Chicago? Are the potatoes in this stew more vocal than the carrots or the chunks of meat? Hard to say. The Ir...
Chicago Calling: Galway girl who is toast of the Windy City
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Chicago Calling: Galway girl who is toast of the Windy City
Caught up with my favorite bartender from back in the day for lunch the other day. She’s a blonde bombshell as well as delightful company and a cha...
Billy Lawless, The Irish Oak
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Billy Lawless, The Irish Oak
Back in 2006 I was walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago and bumped into my old friend Billy Lawless. We had met years earlier when I wrote a sto...
Chicago Calling: "Darlin’ girl from Clare" to lead Irish tour
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Chicago Calling: "Darlin’ girl from Clare" to lead Irish tour
Musical history buffs have fiercely debated over the last hundred years as to who was the original “Darlin’ Girl from Clare” epitomized in the deli...
Chicago Calling: Irish Radio's Benefit Lady
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Chicago Calling: Irish Radio's Benefit Lady
When I was a kid I loved listening to The Irish Hour on the radio and hearing the Irish ladies announce the benefits in a high pitched brogue, “We’...
Calling Irish-American filmmakers of 2023! Calling Irish-American filmmakers of 2023!
This September we will celebrate our ninth year of The Annual Irish American Movie Hooley at Wilmette Theatre just outside Chicago. This film festi...
Chicago Calling: The Irish builder shaping Windy City skyline
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Chicago Calling: The Irish builder shaping Windy City skyline
Mike Meagher is President of McHugh Construction, and one of those responsible for most of the iconic buildings that make up our Chicago skyline, i...
CHICAGO CALLING: Hometown hero who has the 'plumb' job at Windy City St Patrick's parade
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CHICAGO CALLING: Hometown hero who has the 'plumb' job at Windy City St Patrick's parade
“The plumber protects the health of our nation.” Albert Einstein 1954. Hizzoner Mayor Richard J. Daley asked his childhood friend Stephen Bailey, B...
Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
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Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
Fans of “Derry Girls”, the hilarious TV show out of the North of Ireland that ran for years with the wacky antics of a group of Catholic school gir...

 

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