‘Voice of Celtics,’ Dot native Mike Gorman, sees greatness in the Green

By Bill Forry, Executive Editor
June 12, 2024
Bill Forry, Executive Editor

Mike Gorman’s basketball journey began on the court at Dorchester’s  Toohig Park, where he’d practice his roundball skills most days after class at St. Brendan School. Like a lot of Dot kids who dreamed of a pro career, the scrappy neighborhood kid had a crisp jump shot and was a defensive pest.

But this kid from Crockett Ave. couldn’t “go left” on his drives to the basket. “That was the end of my career,” he jokes.

Instead, the Boston Latin School alum’s hoop dreams led him to a remarkable 43-year career as a broadcaster and as the “voice of the Boston Celtics.”

Beacons of history: Explore Ireland’s Great Lighthouses

By BostonIrish Newsroom
June 12, 2024
BostonIrish Newsroom

The island of Ireland has 16 Great Lighthouses that are important keepers of maritime heritage and offer extraordinary visitor experiences.

There is something magical about a lighthouse. Set on a cliff-top location with breath-taking seascape views, every lighthouse has witnessed the dramas of seafarers over centuries and has a fascinating tale to tell.

Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, the world’s longest defined coastal touring route is 10!

By Tourism Ireland
June 12, 2024
Tourism Ireland

Offering cinematic beauty, off-the-beaten-track experiences and transcendently beautiful coastal scenery, the Wild Atlantic Way has been one of the island of Ireland’s most successful tourism stories. 10 years on, it is as compelling as ever. 

On his death, The Ireland Funds remember Sir Anthony O’Reilly

By BostonIrish Newsroom
June 12, 2024
BostonIrish Newsroom

It is with profound sadness that we mark of the passing of Sir Anthony “Tony” O’Reilly, Co-Founder of The Ireland Funds. Together with the late Dan Rooney, Tony established our organization in 1976 at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland to provide support to peaceful initiatives that embodied the organization’s original motto of “Peace, Culture, Charity.”

Bloomsday is upon us: the annual celebration of James Joyce’s heritage

By BostonIrish Newsroom
June 12, 2024
BostonIrish Newsroom

Bloomsday celebrates Thursday, June 16, 1904, the day immortalized in James Joyce’s 1922 novel “Ulysses.” 

It’s an annual commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Joyce’s novel, and the novel›s events are set on the same date in 1904.  Bloomsday is a tribute to Joyce’s contribution to literature and a celebration of Irish culture and heritage.

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Salute to Bill Bulger is long overdue

Ed Forry
By Ed Forry
June 12, 2024

 

It was a warm day this spring when I visited Bill Bulger at his home in South Boston. He’s a 90-year-old man now, not quite as lively as we remember him over the years at the St. Patrick Day breakfasts, at the rostrum of the state Senate or in his role bringing new life to the University of Massachusetts.

He has been back in private life for almost two decades now, and after the death in 2020 of Mary, his wife of 60 years, he has settled into his home in City Point under the watchful care of his 9 children and more than 30 grandchildren.

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