Larry Kirwan of Black 47
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Sunday Afternoons in the old Morris Minor

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   I miss the old Ireland – especially Sunday afternoons when I’d head off with my grandfather in his old, and battered,...
Monday, 2 May 2016

Celtic Crush 11 Years On

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   Eleven years ago I was standing in a corridor of Sirius Satellite Radio’s headquarters laughing and joking with legen...
Friday, 22 April 2016

Connolly, Pearse, MacDiarmada - Ultimate Winners

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   The 1916 Uprising in Dublin was not particularly popular at the time. This should come as little surprise since 200,0...
Wednesday, 20 April 2016

From de Valera to Trump

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            So many of Donald Trump’s aspirations for the US are un-American it’s hard to know where to begin. The reint...
Sunday, 10 April 2016

Spring Unleashes Memories

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            Isn’t it odd how spring unleashes memories?              The other morning while looking out the window ...
Thursday, 31 March 2016

St. Patrick's Day

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   On my first St. Patrick’s Day in New York, Turner & Kirwan of Wexford played four sets in the Pig & Whistle o...
Thursday, 10 March 2016

The "Famine Irish"

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   Emigration has never exactly been a walk on the beach. First of all there’s the long “should I stay or should I go” q...
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