Tag: Poitin
Inner View: The Smuggling Nun Poitín

Inner View: The Smuggling Nun By John O’Brien, Jr. Growing up in Fairfield, Connecticut, Maura Clare loved reading about her Irish heritage. In her late teens, she stumbled across mention […]
Nollaig Shona Daoibh to You and Yours

Editor’s Corner: Nollaig Shona Daoibh to You and Yours By John O’Brien, Jr. Whelp, That’s a wrap. Sixteen years of Ohio Irish American News/iIrish has been printed, disseminated and please […]
Illuminations: Illegal Distilling in Ireland

Illuminations: Illegal Distilling in Ireland By: J. Michael Finn Back in the 1930s, my father worked as a traveling salesman. He found himself in a small town in West Virginia, […]