My Third Parent: A Christmas Story for Life
By Kevin N. Power
Most children have only two parents. Up to the age of three I also had only two. My mother Kathleen and father Chris were nice people and, as I was their only child, I was pleased that they appreciated me as the unique being that I was. [More]
 

Oh, Play Those Words, Mr. Doyle
By Martin Hintz
Roddy Doyle strolled to the pulpit of the First United Methodist Church in Chicago. He stood there, looking for all the world like a Temple Bar pub bouncer with his shaved head and glittering stud in the left ear. He was already caught up in the building's long Windy City Loop heritage, heavy woodwork, straightback pews and eager hymnals at the ready. [More]
 

Muldoon Touches the Past in Chicago Humanities Appearance
By George Houde
Paul Muldoon looked around the great space of St. James Cathedral and opened his book of poems, Moy Sand and Gravel. He adjusted the microphone, nodded to his contemporary, James Fenton, the British poet, and began... [More]
 

Irish Jewish Culture Rooted in History
By J. Herbert Silverman
If your name happens to be Murphy, there's no question that your roots are firmly planted in Ireland - to be exact, in Co. Wexford. The Murphys, who edge out the Kellys with the most popular family name in the Emerald Isle, stem from the 12th century king of Leinster, "Murchadh," which means "Sea Warrior," or "Pirate." [More]
 

Welcome to the World of Crème
Inspired by the nature and beauty of Ireland, our Naturally Irish soaps and bath salts are wrapped in pure Irish linen. (Advertisement). [More]
 

Oh, How Those Irish Love Their Horses
By Diana Hunt
Riding in Ireland is like stepping into a fantasy. Horses are a national pastime, if not a passion, for the Irish. Equestrian centers all across Ireland now market their horses internationally and it is big business. Equestrian vacations range from instructional sessions to unguided trail riding to horse caravans. [More]
 

Images of America: Irish Milwaukee
A photo survey of Milwaukee’s marvelous Gaels, past and present!
$20 at Milwaukee area bookstores, the Irish Cultural & Heritage Center, Gerry O’Brien’s European Meat Market and other fine outlets.
Or order directly from The Irish American Post..(Advertisement). [More]
 

A Dog Named Hope Chapter 3
By Michael Mooney
A year later, on a hot windless day in mid August, Alice’s blue pick-up passed down the road beyond the trees and entered the yard between the house and the barn. Marcia was again in the twenty-acre field, where she had finished moving the sheep back into the fenced enclosure. [More]
 

There's Love and There's Sex and There's the 46a
is a collection of short-stories, essays, articles, ballads and poems all written by bus workers and ex-busworkers. Some were produced recently on state-of-the-art word processors while others had been, evidently, written on the backs of waybills and Defect Dockets at termini many years ago. There's something for (almost) everybody in this collection. (Advertisement) [More]
 

Mary MacLaughlin, the Singer Within
By Sherrie Baker
Her bright laughing eyes are the first to draw your attention, accompanied by a petite frame and warming smile, but it is her voice that will forever stick in your memory. Her stage presence is breathtaking and a welcomed comfort reminiscent of a long time friend.[More]
 

Byrne Displays Concern in Promoting Fast
By James Foley
IHe’s shorter than I expected and stylishly dressed in a black sweater and gray corduroys. His hair is a wavy salt and pepper. We’re in the Fitzpatrick hotel in downtown Chicago. I’m sitting across from Gabriel (Gaye) Byrne, one of the most well-known Irishmen in America. [More]
 

Forristal Makes Marvelous Christmas Reading
by Mattie Lennon
"Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad" — George Bernard Shaw
Dancing on the Edge by Kay Forristal makes me feel aged and sad and a lot of other things. 
Many Irish autobiographies are an uneven mix of love, cruelty, rain, sunshine and hope. This book has all the above with the added, unusual ingredients of healing and forgiveness. [More]