CURRENT ISSUE:  OCTOBER 2023

Safe Home: Paddy Taylor

Akron born Blues musician and proud Irish American Patrick “Paddy” Taylor passed away peacefully on February 20th, 2024, at the age of 73. Paddy was born in Akron, Ohio on November 5th, 1950, to Floyd and Marilyn Taylor.
A Wildcat graduate of Central High School in Akron in 1968, he went on to play music with

Donnybrook: Arcadian Wild

Irish unity summit

By John Myers Fans of Irish music will feel right at home with the lyrical and harmonic music of Nashville based Arcadian Wild. Bluegrass is not a suitable label for […]

Cleveland Irish: Irish Love

iIrish Patron

Truth be told, there is not a long list of laments in my library, not to bewail me books. In Irish cultural history, the banshee foretold of death. A “banshee,”or “woman of the faires,” would mournfully wail at night as death was imminent.

It was believed that banshees limited their lamentations to

Gormley’s Pub Raises More Than $62,000 for Malachi House

Malachi House

$62,000 was raised for Malachi House over the course of the 2-day Festival of Midleton Whiskeys 2024. This brings the total amount raised for Malachi House via this event, along with the two previous Gormley’s Pub Festival of Whiskey events, to

Akron Irish: Green Season

Akron Irish

I found out that the overgrown hedgerows were a by-product of a study done by a citizen group. Ireland, again punching above their national weight, were the first country in the world to conduct a Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss in 2022.