This summer I spent some time doing research for a history of Woodside, Queens that was just published in Volume 38 of New York Irish History, the ...

A President from the great state of New York serving one of his two nonconsecutive terms in the White House. A precocious political talent running ...

By the time this article appears, Donald Trump will have been sworn in again as President of the United States. The freezing temperatures will have...

When someone hears that I worked for many years as a doorman in Manhattan, the usual follow-up question is “Did anyone famous live in your building...

The hopes and dreams of Mets fans have died their annual death. There was to be no Subway Series this year. The first and only time the Metropolita...

With his dark quiff, modest sideburns, blazer, blue jeans and Doc Martens, the look of Thomas Patrick Maguire might remind you of another singing-s...

Sixty-five summers ago, in August 1956, two Irish immigrants living in South Buffalo got married. To be precise, my paternal aunt, Philomena (“Phil...