Opinion & Reviews

And as they walked, the sun crested the ridge, and light came running down the bog toward them like a tide, turning the heather to copper, and the shadows of a man, a boy, and two cows stretched a hundred yards down the road behind them, pointing back toward Doona. My grandfather may have spoken of f

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently paid a visit to his ancestral home in County Mayo on his way to the G7 summit in France. Carney’s grandparents, Robert and Nora (nee Moran) Carney left from the port of Belfast in 1925 for Canada. These paternal grands lived in the parish of

The summer that I was pregnant with my son, my daughter had only just turned one. Since she was born, I had read to her books about animals, plants, all the wonders of nature.

Hopefully you have read that iIrish is moving – T’is Done! We have more room, better organization, and more advertisers in the area. The only issue so far is there is not an ice cream shop within walking distance – woe is me… Besides trying to find a successful sales rep, and the move, and the festival and this issue editing then sending off to print and … We have seen remarkable progress in the Irish Unity efforts since I last wrote to you. Judge Mentel’s A Legal Look; and John Myers’ Donnybrook are two great columnists to follow to keep abreast of the (finally) fast moving changes that are still “Under Construction,” but are on a solid and growing base of a one Ireland for all. Welcome to Emily Barno Earnest, who joins our team this month, writing about ...

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