What Happened on Fifth Avenue?
Questions are being asked by some with regard to what appears to have been a confused and early ending to the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Ave...
March 18, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Walking the Avenue, Blazing a Trail
The Fire Department of New York marching contingent invariably cuts a lively swathe up Fifth Avenue in the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. This ...
March 18, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
With Spring, Hope Springs Anew in Ireland
And so 2022. The year when Ireland can be sensed anew, the year when Ireland can be anticipated anew. The year when Ireland can be reached and embr...
March 18, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Tis the Season…For Irish Whiskey
Like sprouting shamrock in the springtime, Irish Whiskey brands emerge into the light of March as sure as, well, St. Patrick’s Day. After a two yea...
March 11, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Biden Appoints O'Leary as IFI Observer
President Biden has appointed Stella O'Leary to be U.S. Observer to the International Fund for Ireland. O'Leary, who chairs the Irish American Demo...
March 10, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Full Page NYT ad for AIHS
The move to sell the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue appears to be ramping up. The real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens took out...
March 07, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Joy and Disappointment After Great Hunger Decision
"The Irish-American Community of Connecticut has saved Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Collection." That was the first line in a posting on the websi...
March 04, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Great Hunger Museum Moving to Fairfield, CT
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum will be staying in Connecticut but will be moving from Hamden to Fairfield. The Echo reported Thursday that a decisio...
March 04, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
USS Gallagher Keel Laying, March 30
And now for putting the ship all together. The keel laying for the future USS Patrick Gallagher will take place on March 30, the 55th anniversary o...
March 02, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Fire Sale And High Tail
One important aspect linking the situation swirling around both the American Irish Historical Society and the Great Hunger Museum is that the respe...
February 23, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
The Building, The Collection, The Very Essence
There's more than bricks, mortar and artifacts involved in the debate and discussions surrounding the Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University ...
February 18, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
New Bid for Hercules Mulligan Bridge
The pleas to Governor Andrew Cuomo did not generate a positive result. But backers of a plan to name a bridge in Lower Manhattan after Irish-born R...
February 08, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon