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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...
March 07, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
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...
February 13, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Ink in his veins - Jim O'Shea's fight for the front page
Jim O’Shea is a Quixotic inspiration, even more so because he is a septuagenarian. A long-time Managing Editor at The Chicago Tribune and later the...
January 17, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Alamo Duke Lynch - Remember HIS battle!
In retrospect, it’s easy to see the hand of God working in our lives. James “Duke” Lynch grew up in St. Philip Neri parish in Chicago. He earned th...
January 05, 2023
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Fr Tom overcame loss to minister to Windy City faithful
How do we know if we’re in the middle of a personal, emotional, and spiritual crisis in our lives? You’re a 16-year-old at Marist High School in 19...
November 29, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Houlihan's hooley makes Ireland return
I’m relaxing with room service in my suite at the Fitzpatrick Castle in Killiney, just outside Dublin. The rest of our group returned to Chicago ve...
November 01, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Catherine O’Connell, Chicago's Celtic Nightingale
I dropped by a funeral the other day to visit an old friend. Sabina O’Donohue was 94 and had emigrated from Ballyglass, County Mayo, Ireland to Chi...
October 20, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
CHICAGO CALLING: Shout-out for Charlie Carey and the Southside Irish
“You can take the kid out of the Southside, but you’ll never get the Southside out of that kid!” That’s an ancient Chicago epigram that celebrates ...
September 30, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Chief O'Neill's, the pub you've been practicing for
Almost 24 years ago an elegant Irish pub took up residence in the Avondale neighborhood on Chicago’s Elston Avenue, in the former home of the infam...
September 15, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
News
CHICAGO CALLING: Mike McCarthy brings Babe Ruth swagger to Windy City baseball network
It all started in Louisburgh, sez Mike McCarthy, “Mayo, that’s where my roots are.” McCarthy’s late father Johnny was the legendary grounds crew ch...
August 18, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
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Chicago Calling: Irish Queen policing mean streets of Windy City
Chicago cops are an endangered species. They’re overworked and under-staffed. This city is a cauldron of violence. Nobody seems to be on your side,...
July 26, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
News
Chicago Calling: The Filipino piper leading the police band
Irish Elvis was born on The West Side of Chicago. Diane Short emigrated to America from New Castle, County Down, Ireland, working in a beauty shop ...
June 30, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
