John Walsh, Managing Editor of Quartet Books, reflects on the relationship between Ireland and the United States.

The story of American democracy is deeply intertwined with the contributions of dynamic leaders from the Irish diaspora. We ...

When the Taoiseach – Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin – presented President Donald Trump with a crystal bowl of shamrocks last week in the White House East Room in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, the ...

Americans once again donned their green beads and shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day, celebrating the largest Irish diaspora in the world. St. Patrick’s Day has become an opportunity for Ireland and the ...

An American couple who recently toured Ireland and Northern Ireland would consider living in the Emerald Isle themselves, although they named the one city they would avoid ...

It seems every American I meet claims to be Irish. Not just in ancestry, but in spirit. Some insist their great-great-grandmother left Cork with nothing but a shawl and a dream; others claim a ...

For Irish politicians, the annual trip to America to mark St. Patrick’s Day is usually about as low-risk and high-reward as anything in public life. The presentation of a bowl of shamrock had muted ...

A drum major leads a band from Donegal, Ireland, in the 264th St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City March 17, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz Cliona Ward was born in Ireland but ...

Legal experts appearing in a new documentary, “Trump agus na Gaeil” ("Trump and the Irish"), are urging the undocumented ...

This is American Empire, Splinter’s rolling series of articles exploring the power of the United States and the different ways it is unleashed upon the world. Read our other entries here. In this ...

The proud and patriotic service of Irish Americans—whether first-generation naturalized immigrants or stateside-born, and whether Catholic or Protestant—in wartime is well-known, especially the ...