My City Irish Hub

Dublin, 1983, a skinny little ginger haired boy is standing in front of an open guitar case singing his heart out. This wasn’t the Ireland you know today. It was somehow rougher and gentler at the same time, small and intimate but with some really rough characters. My memory is of a very gray place, chain link fences and snarling dogs. Then you would happen on an old dote selling apples. Full of contradiction. At least this little thirteen-year-old was on Grafton Street, upmarket, close to the Shelbourne and Stephen’s Green. That little ginger was Glen Hansard.

Columbus Offers New Introductory Speak Irish Sessions

This weekend, the USGAA will throw one of the most competitive, fun and nationwide USGAA National Finals, to determine the 2026 U.S. National Champion in Gaelic Football; Ladies Gaelic Football; Hurling and Camogie. This year, Boston hosts. Today, The Finals release was ... released. Here is a snippet, with the link to read the whole piece, well worth your time,

Ireland’s relationship with small brewing has been different than what happened in the US and other countries. Where the rest of the world had this huge artisanal bathtub beer business, it never took off in Ireland. That seemed strange. Beer is something that the Irish drink plenty of. And why not have some variety? Well I found out. The big

or anyone who has worried about the future of the Mac, that scene felt important. This is not the same Immaculate Conception that generations of Cleveland Irish families knew. But it is a new chapter, and one thing was immediately clear: the church is not sitting empty; it is alive.