Irish
Savannah plans a supersized 200th anniversary celebration of its beloved St. Patrick’s Day parade
By Russ Bynum — March 14, 2024
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Over the past two centuries, St. Patrick's Day in Savannah has morphed into perhaps the South's biggest street party between Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Florida's raucous spring break.
For Biden, Palestinian struggle has an Irish Catholic cast
By Daoud Kuttab — July 25, 2022
(RNS) — The comparison to the Irish reflects a new and important value to Palestinians who aspire to live in a free and independent state of their own.
Send back the Statue of Liberty
By Thomas Reese — July 23, 2019
(RNS) — She entered our country in 1886 without a visa, has never applied for citizenship and does not speak one word of English. Worst of all, she advocates for open borders. It's time to send her back.
Note to newspaper editors: Change ‘church’ to ‘hierarchy’
By Thomas Reese — November 26, 2018
(RNS) — Saying that the Catholic church did not protect children is wrong. We should not blame the the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.
Why Trump has a Catholic voter problem
By John Gehring — July 20, 2016
(RNS) Many moderate and conservative Catholics don’t seem to buy what Trump is selling.
The ‘Splainer: Who was St. Patrick, and would he drink green beer?
By Kimberly Winston — March 17, 2016
(RNS) March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. But was there a real St. Patrick? Did he drive the snakes out of Ireland or use the shamrock to explain the Trinity? Why should this fifth-century priest be remembered at all? Let us 'Splain.
Irish Catholic priest caught snorting cocaine on camera
By Rosie Scammell — March 1, 2016
(RNS) The priest reportedly admitted to The Irish Sun that he took cocaine, stating he does not have a problem with drugs.
St. Patrick’s Day Graph: Irish in America are Protestant, not Catholic
By Tobin Grant — March 17, 2014
Most Irish in America aren't Catholic. And they're split evenly between political parties.
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