The Gaelic American

Northern Assembly Results From its inception in 1920, the state of Northern Ireland was created to maintain a Unionist majority, putting an international border through...

The highest honor one can receive in Irish-American circles is to be named Grand Marshal of their local St. Patrick's Day Parade, with the...

White Plains, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators kicked off Irish-American Heritage Month with a virtual ceremony on March 7th that highlighted...

The Gaelic American has previously covered the decision to close Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University. Ireland's Great Hunger was and is an incredibly...

This year marks 70 years of the rule of British Queen Elizabeth. The Gaelic American asked, how should the Irish people & their Diaspora...

February 18, 2022 marked one year since the passing of Hugh Lunney. Known to some as Hugh O'Lunney, he was a giant in the...

Stephen McCracken, a Derry-based historian, has disproved commonly held beliefs about Hercules Mulligan, whose story was covered by The Gaelic American's Evacuation Day article....

Come Together for New York’s Most Anticipated Trad Music Festival! Monday Feb 14th - Sunday Feb 20th 2022 Trad Week is an annual tradition at...

Early Life Thomas Paine was born on February 9, 1737 in Thetford, England. The son of a corset-maker, he worked as an excise officer in...

The British policy of criminalizing the Irish struggle for independence continued when the "criminalization" of Irish republican prisoners was launched on March 1, 1976....