Akron Irish: Every Blooming Thing

Akron Irish: Every Blooming Thing By Lisa O’Rourke  This past February marked a big anniversary, no less than one hundred years, since the publication of a, and maybe the, penultimate […]

Akron Irish: Serendipities

Akron Irish: Serendipities By Lisa O’Rourke  “Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Do you think the universe fights for […]

On This Day in Irish History: June

On This Day in Irish History 7 June, 1899 – Birth in Dublin of Elizabeth Bowen, novelist and short-story writer, best known for her novel The Last September. 8 June […]