Brian Donnelly, ambassador, congressman is dead at 76

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
March 3, 2023

Brian Donnelly, a former congressman, state representative from Dorchester, and US ambassador who helped thousands of immigrants through the passage of a visa program that he sponsored, died on Tuesday, Feb 28 at his home in East Dennis on Cape Cod. He was 76, days short of his 77th birthday.

R.I.P. Brian Donnelly, champion of Irish immigrants

By Ed Forry
March 3, 2023

Boston Irish Editorial: Joe Biden’s finest hour

By Bill Forry, CEO & Editor
March 3, 2023

Bill Forry, CEO & Editor

President Biden made a stealthy, but stirring visit to Ukraine’s capital city in February, greeting the war-torn nation’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and touring Kyiv on foot as air raid sirens blared in the distance.

An imperative handed to us by history

By Dominic MacSorley, Humanitarian Ambassador, Concern Worldwide US
March 3, 2023

Dominic MacSorley, Humanitarian Ambassador, Concern Worldwide US

Legendary Irish hospitality helped to transition our anxiety into delight

By Maureen Forry-Sorrell, BostonIrish TravelAbility
March 2, 2023

Maureen Forry-Sorrell, BostonIrish TravelAbility

Boston’s Theater Scene Remains Vital

By R. J. Donovan, Special to Boston Irish
March 2, 2023

R. J. Donovan, Special to Boston Irish

Boston’s theater scene remains vital. Here’s a sample of what’s coming up.

Eire Society to honor Globe columnist Cullen with its Gold Medal

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
March 2, 2023

BostonIrish.com Newsroom

Citing Kevin Cullen, a columnist with the Boston Globe, for his decades-long coverage of events on the island of Ireland, especially in the North during troubled times and as the 1998 Good Friday Agreement came to pass, the Eire Society of Boston will award him its Gold Medal at a dinner and award ceremony on S

‘For Everyone Who Was There and Didn’t Come Back Home.’

By Peter F. Stevens, Special to BostonIrish
March 2, 2023

Peter F. Stevens, Special to BostonIrish

A new guided-missile destroyer will honor the name of
Medal of Honor Recipient Capt. Thomas G. Kelley

The month when Irish connections abound

By Ed Forry
March 2, 2023

Tourism Ireland brings Belfast Music Showcase to Boston

By Ed Forry
March 2, 2023

When Belfast was designated as a UNESCO City of Music, the well-known musician Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol said, “Belfast heart beats verbally with music, it is in our DNA.”

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