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by and | Apr 9, 2025

Our neighbors across the Atlantic are going through drastic political and social changes, but not for the better. The American…

by | Mar 15, 2025

When rattling off the names of those who have played a pivotal role in shaping Western civilization, figures such as…

by | Dec 25, 2024

My hometown Kilkenny has the Irish festival game sewn up. Comedy, art, folk music, animation, and, since 2010, economics. “Kilkenomics”…

by | Oct 29, 2024

It’s common, I think, for Americans to imagine Ireland as a quaint holdover from the 20th century — a lush,…

by | Oct 26, 2024

The October 7 atrocities took place on a holy day in the Jewish calendar. Like the German Nazis, who often…

by | Aug 10, 2024

In the sixth century, the monk St. Columba left the Emerald Isle and sailed to Iona to build a new…

by | May 9, 2024

Americans don’t like an open southern border. Both that and the fear of terrorism (one thinks those two items are…

by | Mar 22, 2024

The leader of left-wing government in Ireland is resigning after suffering a resounding defeat in a double referendum earlier this…

by | Mar 16, 2024

In a long line of David-versus-Goliath political victories that includes Trump, Brexit, Orbán, Milei and the recent Voice referendum in…

by | Dec 29, 2023

I’ve spent years researching different ways of celebrating New Year’s Eve around the world. I guess I was looking for…

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