Reading this piece https://www.irishamerica.com/2012/01/breaking-the-code-of-silence-the-irish-and-drink/ felt deeply personal and profoundly validating. The author, Dr. Garrett O'Connor , traces how the weight of history, colonialism, famine, and displacement, has seeped into the bloodstream of the Irish and Irish-American community, lending a context to what is often superficially dismissed as “just drinking.” As someone whose family history is steeped in drink and Irishness, I recognize...

This is pretty incredible news out of Ireland. Just a few months ago, renowned Irish Architect, Hugh Wallace, shared about his new found...