I first told this story at the Toledo Hibernian Irish Festival in 2014. The musical group performing before me covered a tune […]

1916 As we approached the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, I thought it might be appropriate to put together my take […]

I completed my second book – a collection of nine Irish tales. It’s entitled Buy The Horse A Guinness (And Other Wee Tales […]

Masonic and Irish 1798 Martyr This a from an oral presentation made to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico Ancient Free & […]

Ireland’s Oldest Masonic Artifact This a from an oral presentation made to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico Ancient Free & Accepted […]

I told the story of St. Patrick at Celtic Crossing, Memphis, Tennessee, on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day. Those in the […]

Randal McDonnell and King James ClanDonnell was a powerful clan in County Antrim, with its domain extending to Coleraine, Down and Armagh. […]

Farmington High School I was a reporter and sometimes editor (we rotated the position) for my high school newspaper, The Blue & […]

Famine Era Artist Daniel McDonald There is very little in the way of contemporary art from the Great Hunger. One of the […]

The Irish violently resisted English conquest, but each effort to resist ended in defeat. Each defeat led to the confiscation of lands […]