We took so much for granted, now we ask: Will things ever be the same again?

By Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish
June 30, 2020

Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish

I guess I should’ve kept my big mouth shut.

In ‘Poems & Songs from the Woodlands Edge,’ Martin Butler & Co. amplify his focus on the life of Thomas MacDonagh, the ‘Poet and Patriot’

By Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish
June 30, 2020

Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish

Boston Irish Magazine, Summer issue, is here!

By Boston Irish Newsroom
June 30, 2020

Boston Irish Newsroom

Consul General in Boston reiterates government caution to Irish citizens ‘not to undertake’ non-essential travel

By Ed Forry, Publisher of BostonIrish
June 22, 2020

Ed Forry, Publisher of BostonIrish

Despite a worldwide disruption in air travel caused by the pandemic, Boston’s Logan Airport has sustained its role as a “Gateway City” for passengers to and from Ireland.

Órla Fallon releases a new album, 'LORE' , out July 24th ! A Collection of Traditional Celtic Favorites

By BIR Newsroom
June 19, 2020

BIR Newsroom

Órla Fallon,

Gerard Doherty, longtime Charlestown & Boston political leader, dies

By Ed Forry
June 17, 2020

UPDATE- June 18

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Gerard’s Funeral Mass on Saturday June 20, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. in St. Mary’s Church, 55 Warren St. Charlestown.

An Invitation to an Irish Community Conversation On Black Lives Matter

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
June 16, 2020

BostonIrish.com Newsroom

Aidan Rooney in a Country Churchyard

By Thomas O’Grady, Special to BostonIrish
June 15, 2020

Thomas O’Grady, Special to BostonIrish

In 1938, the year before he died, preeminent Irish poet William Butler Yeats spelled out in his valedictory poem “Under Ben Bulben” explicit instructions for the epitaph he wished to have cut into the slab of local limestone that would mark his grave:

Irish community organizations in Boston step up in a big way during the pandemic

By Shane Caffrey, Vice Counsel General of Ireland in Boston
June 14, 2020

Shane Caffrey, Vice Counsel General of Ireland in Boston

While Boston has long been a place of refuge and sanctuary for Irish emigrants, it is also a place where the Irish have thrived, prospered, and become an integral part of the fabric of this great city.

BC names Prof. Robert Savage to head Irish Studies Program

By BIR Newsroom
June 14, 2020

BIR Newsroom

Robert Savage, whose research, teaching, and administrative leadership has bolstered Boston College’s renowned Irish Studies Program for more than two decades, has been named interim director of the program, the University announced earlier this month.

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