My City Irish Hub

Excitingly, state politicians from Ohio are members of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus, founded in 2021 at the height of Irish American lobbying about the effects of Brexit on Northern Ireland. State House member Lauren McNally of Youngstown used her American Irish State Caucus connections to pass Ohio law establishing the Ohio Ireland Trade Commission in August 2025. A great place to refresh Irish American political advocacy further is to ask our legislative representatives to join their appropriate Irish Caucus. In Columbus this past St. Patrick’s Day, Mayor Ginther and City Council both announced declarations calling on the Irish Republic to actively prepare for a possible Re-Unification vote in Northern Ireland. Our Congressional legislators at both the State and National level should also be educated on the issues and importance of America’s role as protector of the Good Friday Agreement.

participation reflects the LAOH's steadfast commitment to preserving the truth of Bloody Sunday, standing with the families and supporting the continuing pursuit of justice, accountability and lasting peace in Ireland. As National Freedom for All Ireland Chair, O'Hara leads the LAOH's efforts to educate its members and the wider American public about justice, human rights and peace in Ireland. Her participation will bring

For the first time ever—after local elections in the United Kingdom in May 2026—the devolved national parliaments in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales now all have pro-independence parties as their largest legislative constituent: the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament, Sinn Féin in Stormont in Northern Ireland, and Plaid Cymru in the Welsh Senedd. With independence and re-unification desires growing across the Irish and British islands,

Old family records can tell us where our ancestors lived, when they married and where they were buried. They may offer dates, addresses and names written in fading ink. What they cannot always tell us is what those people feared, whom they loved or how it felt to leave Ireland and begin again in Cleveland. Local author Ashley Herzog has spent much of the past decade filling in those spaces. Her newest historical novel