Around the Town
Catherine Green’s experience on the J1 visa can be described in one word: kismet. When the Rian J1 Graduate Visa Program provided Catherine with the perfect opportunity to advance her career, little did she know it would turn into so much more. Going to... Read more
Q. Are you stuck with a long-pending citizenship application?
A. Many people have contacted Rian recently to inquire about long-pending applications for naturalization (US citizenship), and who have not yet been called for interviews. They wonder,... Read more
Immigrants’ Rights Organizations File Lawsuit to Stop ICE from Hiding Locations of Detained People
New Trump administration policy subjects thousands to intentional disappearance, keeping attorneys and families in the dark
A group of legal services... Read more
Thomas Blaine Kennedy, a well-traveled Episcopalian priest and pastor with roots planted deep in the Irish Republic's Co. Monaghan, readily makes the concession that "my life has been dependent upon mentors and people who have been kind and done wonderful... Read more
It's close to midnight on Sat., Oct. 25, 1986, and 13-year-old Sam Kennedy is inching toward the edge of the yellow couch in his home at 46 Glen Road in Brookline, watching as the Boston Red Sox inch toward a win against the New York Mets that would give... Read more
By any measurement, Martina Curtin's journey from Kilshanny, Co. Clare, to America has had a profound impact across the neighborhoods of Boston. As the founder in 2009 of Curtin Home Care (CHC Home Care Inc.), a provider of private assistance, Martina has... Read more
When US Army Brigadier General (Ret.) Jack Hammond enters the Home Base Institute headquarters in Charlestown Navy Yard every morning, ready to advance the mission of treating the "invisible wounds" of war, his hands may be full, but his eyes are scanning... Read more
By Bill ForryExecutive Editor
Stories flowed, good-natured jabs were at the ready, and salutes to family members— both living and long-gone, but well-remembered— were in steady supply last Friday (Oct. 23) at Dorchester’s John F. Kennedy Presidential... Read more
The Charitable Society to Irish honor Joseph P. Kennedy lll and Martina Curtin at Silver Key Award Reception Nov. 5 at Venezia Restaurant, Dorchester (Note change of Venue)
By Catherine Shannon,Society Past President
The Charitable Irish Society will... Read more
Karla had her heart set on the Rian J1 Graduate Visa program soon after graduating from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. She heard about the program from a friend and knew it was a “once in a lifetime opportunity” she couldn’t pass up. Karla had... Read more
The Charlestown neighborhood in 1950s Boston featured so many Irish American families from Donegal with the same last name that residents resorted to nicknames to differentiate between the many McLaughlins and Dohertys. But there were three brothers in... Read more
Chris Muse, teacher, justice, author, lays out culture of
courthouse justice in Massachusetts
‘The Murder of Brewster Flats’ features ‘Billy Boston,’ defense attorney
By Ed Forry
For 50 years, Chris Muse maintained an active career, serving for several... Read more
‘Good Returns for Good Works’
At Catholic Investment Services, CEO Tim D’Arcy and team marry religious faith, finance
By Peter F. Stevens
Boston Irish Contributor
For Tim D’Arcy, the Catholic and corporate worlds are not mutually exclusive. His role as... Read more
Earnest Hemingway described bankruptcy as happening two ways: ‘gradually then suddenly.’
So, too, with societal change.
Consider Belfast. Over the last few months, Belfast has experienced a type of time travel. First the city went on a frightening trip... Read more
An amazing Irish summer; Steve Lynch hangs on; The tragic consequences of ‘joyriding’ and youthful malaise
“I’d love to promise that the sun will shine on you, but I can’t!” This was my sign-off on this page in my last dispatch at the start of the summer... Read more
For Shane Kilmartin, living every moment of his J-1 visa to the fullest was a non-negotiable. As a third-year mechanical engineering student at Queen’s University Belfast, the Rian J-1 Graduate Visa program allowed a unique opportunity for Shane to gain... Read more
• Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson [http://woodsonfinley.com], “Once Through the Hall”
Principal Personnel: Caitlin Finley (fiddle), Will Woodson (uilleann pipes, flute)
Distinctive Tracks: “The Geese in the Bog”; “The Blackbird”; “The Plains of Boyle/... Read more
If you want to see a key milestone in the life and career of Boston-area Celtic musician Adam Hendey, just go to his YouTube.
One day in 2020, Hendey and his then-fiancé Frannie Monahan took a little excursion to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, found a... Read more