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Conan O'Brien tells guest Ayo Edebiri on his podcast that because of her ongoing bit about being Irish, she's 'revered by the ...
An innocent social media user seemed stunned when they learned the word used by Irish people known as "craic", which is ...
Conan O’Brien loves a good bit. Ayo Edebiri has given him a great one. “The Bear” star began a joke back in March 2023 at the ...
The comments were made on the plinth in Leinster House amid questions from the media regarding the upcoming presidential ...
Irish people and political leaders are outraged by a New York Times story that appears to blame the victims of a tragedy and to invoke offensive ethnic stereotypes.
Today we remember the rebellious and kind Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Nebraska, who was born on July 13, 1886. Born in Co Roscommon, Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan, the ...
The Irish Criminal Justice Bill is supposed to target "hate speech" but some critics have compared it to the concept of punishing people for "thoughtcrime," a term popularized by George Orwell's ...
Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy ...
Irish indentured servants in the colonial Americas. The claim that Irish people were enslaved in the British American Colonies stems from a misrepresentation of the idea of “indentured servitude.” ...
And when the Great Famine devastated Ireland in the 1840s, Chicago was a destination for thousands of Irish people fleeing starvation. By 1850, 1 out of every 5 Chicagoans was an Irish immigrant.
A lot of Irish people back in the early 20th century identified with this idea of this displaced people who have gone through turmoil throughout history — just like the Irish," Clarke says.