These stories are based on my travels to Ireland since 2000, domestic reporting and research about Irish issues, and other history pieces. Most are linked to their original publication platform; a few are reproduced with original content and headlines because the material is no longer available online.
From most recent to oldest:
When an Irish Rebel Had His Portrait Drawn in Louisville
The Filson Historical Society Blog, June 28, 2019
1888: An American Journalist In Ireland
The Irish Story, Sept. 13, 2018
Marking Time with Frederick Douglass
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 22, 2018
Ireland’s Famine Children ‘Born at Sea’
Prologue Magazine, Winter 2017/18
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
The Manchester martyrs: From last letters to lasting legends
The Irish Story, Nov. 9, 2017
Life Without End Date
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 3, 2017
Irish Immigrants, Unbanned
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 9, 2017
Mrs. Brophy’s Late Husband
The Irish Story, Dec. 8, 2016
PDF copy: MBLH
Trump, Clinton and their Irish connections
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 14, 2016
Nora’s Sorrow: The Murder of John Foran, 1888
The Irish Story, Feb. 29, 2016
The Celtic Tiger is purring again…
Washington Business Journal, Sept. 17, 2014
No pot of gold for D.C. Irish American Museum
Washington Business Journal, March 12, 2014
An Odd Coincidence
History Ireland, March 11, 2014
New chamber seeks to improve ties between Florida and Ireland
Tampa Bay Business Journal, Nov. 6, 2013
Irish mud keeps the fate of Channelside unclear
Tampa Bay Business Journal, June 25, 2013
Ballybunion man emigrated 100 years ago
Ballybunion News, April 19, 2013
ConnectIreland pays for tips that lead to new jobs
Tampa Bay Business Journal, March 15, 2013
Irish Consul General Gleeson touts two-way business relationship
Tampa Bay Business Journal, Sept. 7, 2012
Newcomer wants to add substance to Tampa’s St. Patrick’s Day
Tampa Bay Business Journal, March 16, 2012
Return Journey: Ireland’s Lartigue Railway
History Magazine, August/September 2009
Forum: The new Ireland
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 15, 2009
Forum: Meeting my grandfather
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 4, 2009
PDF part 1, PDF part 2
Struggles Bring Changes for Modern Ireland
The Tampa Tribune, Sept. 23, 2007
Ireland’s New City at the End of the Rainbow
The Mobile Register, March 17, 2002
Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Catholics and Protestants are coping with decades of violence
The Mobile Register, Oct. 28, 2001
In Search of William and Nora
The Mobile Register, June 18, 2000