Ray O'Hanlon

Ray O’Hanlon is Editor of the Irish Echo. A graduate of University College Dublin, he has been a journalist for more than four decades and is a published author, his latest book being “Unintended Consequences: The Story Of Irish Immigration To The U.S. And How America’s Door Was Closed To The Irish” (www.MerrionPress.ie).

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Memory Endures and a Ship Takes Shape
Community Features & Events
Memory Endures and a Ship Takes Shape
What is it about 25 years? It took about that time span for the late John Leahy to crack the nut that was America’s failure to posthumously award U...
March 22, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Parade Blames Premature Barriers for Tail-End Mess Parade Blames Premature Barriers for Tail-End Mess
It was barriers being erected in the wrong places at the wrong time. That is the explanation of New York St. Patrick's Day Parade organizers for th...
March 21, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
What Happened on Fifth Avenue? 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 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
With Spring, Hope Springs Anew in Ireland
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

 



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