St. Patrick’s Day in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Al O’Hagan of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted the annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at Brooklyn Borough Hall. St. Francis College President Brendan Dugan was honored as the Irishman of the Year. Also feted were Judge Elizabeth A. Foley, the William T. Bellard Award; Kevin Peter Carroll, the […]

Parish of His Youth Imbued an Irish Spirit

Parish of His Youth Imbued an Irish Spirit

I am Irish in spirit, for the beautiful Irish people nurtured me at St. Patrick’s School, Kent Ave., in Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, 1959- 1967. It was a time of “Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Harrigan,” and “That’s An Irish Lullaby” for the Irish Sisters of Mercy loved to sing and to stage beautiful musical plays each year to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Queens Irish Set To March

Michael Benn, chairman of the Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, addresses the gala dinner and installation of the Grand Marshal and Deputy Marshals held at Antun’s, Queens Village. The parade will take place on Saturday, March 7, in Rockaway Beach. Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York, will lead […]

Shrine of Padre Pio

Tablet TALK: Locals Enjoy Italian Holiday

Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims visit the Shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, a NET-TV correspondent gets engaged, Brooklyn community board openings and more in this week’s Tablet TALK.

Ed Wilkinson

Irish Eyes Are Smiling In Brooklyn Nabes

It was great to see Al O’Hagan back in Brooklyn. It was St. Patrick’s Day and where else would the great Hibernian leader be but back in his beloved Brooklyn. Health problems forced Al to move to southern Jersey a few years back. After years leading the Great Irish Fair, the Coney Island Chamber of […]

Irish Asked to Ring for Faith on St. Patrick’s Day

by Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) – Organizers are encouraging parishes and communities across Ireland to use the feast of St. Patrick, March 17 – to intensify preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress. Their initiative, Ring for Renewal, “invites people to pause for a moment in their day to ring a bell on St. Patrick’s Day […]

St. Patrick’s Day Special

Next week, The Tablet will publish its St. Patrick’s Day special edition. It will include coverage of the Queens St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rockaway; an interview with Frank Comerford, Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan; and the latest in upcoming St. Patrick’s events in the parishes in Brooklyn and Queens. […]