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.
Letter to PHS supporters
“The Irish people don’t seem to pull together in this city. There are a few good members who are trying to keep the Order together, while a great many more don’t take any interest in the order.”
The GAA role in The Rising of 1916 and news from Ireland
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. Wikipedia
Stories and Sport in Ireland: May 16 @ Kells
Long, long before gloves, boxing rings and corner men Dan Donnelly was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Hear his story on May 16 at Kells Restaurant.
Women of The Rising Remembered
Grace Gifford Plunkett. She married Joseph Plunkett in his cell at Kilmainham Gaol the night before he was executed.
Portland Hibernian Society Annual Banquet
Photo from our 2023 PHS banquet honoring our new lifetime member Senator Margaret Carter, who was awarded a lifetime membership in The Portland Hibernian Society for her service to Oregon
The life and times of a Portland Irishman
Front Street in 1852 was the hub of business activity in Portland.
Young Dubliner elected Mayor of Portland
Stephen James McCormick, born to a Catholic family in Dublin in 1829, elected Mayor of Portland in 1859.
Women Christmas Edition
Why Irish women look forward to January 6. Portland-area Irish affinity groups to gather Jan. 18.
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.
