Irish diaspora

A bagpipe band in Mexico plays in honor of the San Patricios.

On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexico remembers the Irishmen who fought for Mexico against the US

Conflict

Amid the celebrations this St Patrick’s Day, there are also more somber commemorations taking place. In Mexico and in a small town in Galway, Ireland, they are remembering the hundreds of Irishmen who died fighting for Mexico against the United States: the San Patricio Battalion.

Advocates seeking to reclaim Irish language for Catholics and Protestants

Global Politics

Chieftains album blends Irish and Mexican folk music

Arts, Culture & Media

How Irish immigrants in New York City see immigration reform

Arts, Culture & Media
A woman carries a carton of milk past a Republican mural of "Gaeilgeoir" (Irish speaker) Bobby Sands outside the Sinn Fein offices on the Falls road in West Belfast (Reuters/Cathal McNaughton)

A New Protestant Beginning for the Irish Language in Belfast

Arts, Culture & Media

Translating the Untranslatable: ‘Finnegans Wake’ in Chinese

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Leo Hornak reports on a new Chinese translation of James Joyce’s notoriously difficult novel “Finnegans Wake.” The book has become a sensation in Chinese literary circles, the first print run selling out in weeks.

‘The Patriarch’: The Complicated Legacy of Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy, the powerful patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty, died in 1969, but his legacy has continued to fascinate, and puzzle, historians as well as his own  descendants.  David Nasaw  paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the businessman, investor, and ambassador in his new book, “The Patriarch:  The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.” […]

‘The Patriarch’: The Complicated Legacy of Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy, the powerful patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty, died in 1969, but the legacy he left behind has continued to fascinate, and puzzle, historians as well as his own  descendants. David Nasaw paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the businessman, investor, and ambassador in his new book, “The Patriarch:  The Remarkable Life and Turbulent […]

The World

Patrick Kennedy: Life After Politics Inspired by Father, Sen. Ted Kennedy

Global Politics

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy decided not to seek reelection last year and instead focused his life after politics on an organization called One Mind for Research, a brain research organization inspired by his father, the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

The World

The agenda: housing and GDP numbers, midterm primaries, remembering Ted Kennedy’s death

Global Politics

A number of economic indicators are due out this week, including existing and new home sales, and 2nd quarter GDP figures ? all are expected to plummet. We also discuss the approaching first anniversary of Ted Kennedy’s death this week.