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As Montreal celebrates the bicentennial of the Lachine Canal, this remarkable feat of engineering tells a story not just of ...

Stories of three Irish immigrants who stand out in the history of Joplin’s early days led off a Monday night meeting of t City Council. Chad Stebbins, retired Missouri Southern State University ...

Bay Ridge was awash in green on Sunday as the neighborhood celebrated a milestone — the 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

As the United States invaded Mexico in 1846, Los Patricios, a group of immigrants, took up arms for Mexico to defend their ...

In 1880, when Social Security’s baby name lists start, Milo ranked 339th. It slowly dropped, leaving the top thousand in 1966. Now, it's bouncing back.

Donoghue also introduces us to fictional versions of others who were recorded as having been on the train, including the ...

There are few buildings in New York City that have witnessed more Irish American history than Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on ...

Anyone who has ever lived in the Ottawa Valley knows that Irish culture runs deep here, and in more ways than just how ...

W ith the ascendancy of Trump, it is open season on profiteering and big pharma is no exception (“Big pharma’s plea to Trump ...

In London, restaurants serving classic English cuisine are having a resurgence. (Yes, that means a lot of beige.) ...