Hibernian Independent
Twice a month the Hibernian Independent goes where no newsletter has ever gone - covering the Irishness of the Portland area. Subscribing to the newsletter is easy. Just send your email to portlandhiberniansociety@gmail.com Read the PDX Hibernian Independent to keep up with the popular topics and current controversies in Ireland.
Pogues. Polls. President Kennedy
It will be a meteorological miracle if the sun shines on the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial on Wed. Dec 13, the day of its Fifteenth Anniversary.
Dublin riot: It CAN happen here
Anyone who’s visited the capital of Ireland will recognize the names of the streets where rioting broke out.
Why a website?
Fans of the written word when written with Irish wit and insight filled Kells Restaurant on Nov. 16. News from Ireland - NYPD “choir” formed.
Ireland and Israel at odds….again
Recent testy relations between Israel and Ireland following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks may be intense, but they’re nothing new.
U2 out there
U2 has always been an ambitious band. Now there’s a venue to match those ambitions - The Sphere in Las Vegas. Daniel Curran reports.
Writer’s Night
The latest Hibernian Independent with events, news from Ireland and how to dig into Portland’s Irish past.
Nuns, Know Nothings, KKK
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling striking down an Oregon ballot measure to close down Catholic schools capped a forgotten battle. HI - Sept. 21.
OOH AH, UP THE RA
In their sixtieth year performing, the Wolfe Tones are still raising hell.