P.J. Cunningham

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Editor Marketing Director at Irish Echo

Author of The Lie Of The Land, The Long Acre and A Fly Never lit, stories about a disappearing Ireland. Editor of Around The Farm Gate @BallpointPress

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3 days ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Murphy |P.J. Cunningham

Back in the Penal Law days education in Ireland was proceeding along parallel lines. These lines were wide apart; very wide indeed. In terms of their separation, in extremis so to speak, you would have a son of the gentry reading Ovid and Livy in the cloistered world of Trinity College Dublin. Out in the countryside you would have a son, or daughter, of a landless tenant learning on the ground behind a rock or a hedge. A book would have been a luxury.
Dominant Mayo surprise Tyrone

4 days ago | irishecho.com | Gerry Adams |P.J. Cunningham

Mayo 2-17; Tyrone 1-13 You have to hand it to Mayo - they are indeed the “great enigma” of Gaelic football. Not for the first time a Mayo team make the headlines by confounding experts with a display that had no basis on the evidence of their performances so far this year.
GERRY ADAMS: BBCNI's attempt to demonise me rejected by libel jury

4 days ago | irishecho.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Frank Brady |P.J. Cunningham |Gerry Adams

THE success of my case against the British Broadcasting Corporation is an important and very significant breach of that institution's monopoly on how it broadcasts ‘news’, especially in Ireland. As I said outside the Four Courts, I took this case to put manners on this institution. I stand over that comment. The British Broadcasting Corporation is supposed to be a public service provider. It is paid from public funds.
The Irish of Cleveland - a corner of America which is forever Mayo - are focused on future

5 days ago | irishecho.com | Frank Brady |P.J. Cunningham |Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

It's correct what they say about Cleveland, Ohio, it really is a bastion of the Irish. But for those in the know, that's only half the story; for in truth the city is more an outpost of Co. Mayo than an offshoot of Ireland. That concentration of the Irish in the Erie Lake shore city was, in large part, due to the first arrivals sending word back of work and a place to rest to their relatives in Co. Mayo.
Welcome Home Dad

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Jay Mwamba |P.J. Cunningham

Community Features & Events Nassau County Emeralds gather for installation dinner, salute heroes May 28, 2025 By Irish Echo Staff New York's Bravest to fight Garda May 28, 2025 By Jay Mwamba May 28, 2025 By P.J. Cunningham
Sectarian Attacks on Catholic Homes Revive Bitter Memories

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Jay Mwamba |P.J. Cunningham |Anthony Neeson

The sectarian attack on Catholic homes in Annalee Street in Belfast is a case of history repeating itself for one Belfast man. As Tony Neeson watched news reports of shocked and frightened families standing outside their homes in the newly-built street in North Belfast on Wednesday night, with windows boarded up after having been smashed by a gang of masked men, he was transported back 56 years to August 1969 when he and his young family fled the original Annalee Street.
Nassau County Emeralds gather for installation dinner, salute heroes

1 week ago | irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham

On Thursday past, over 450 gathered at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, for the Bi-Annual Installation Dinner and Dance, organized by the Nassau County Police Emerald Society.
New York's Bravest to fight Garda

1 week ago | irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Jay Mwamba

The next round of fisticuffs between Bobby McGuire’s Fire Department of New York [FDNY] squad and the Garda Siochana is scheduled for June 13 at St. Camillus Church, 99-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd in Rockaway, Queens. The first fight in the ninth annual “Thrilla at Camilla,” an outdoor event, begins at 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. Garda fighters on the night include Eoin O’Connor, Darragh Gilroy and Shauna Kearney, against some of the FDNY’s most experienced pugilists.
Cork advance to Munster final

1 week ago | irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham

Cork 2-25; Waterford 1-22 Like Galway and Donegal in football, Cork hurlers had their collective nose bloodied the previous week against Limerick and while their six-point victory over Waterford at Pairc Ui Chaoimh didn't quite restore their previous reputation, it did give them a shot at redemption against John Kiely’s men in the upcoming Munster Final in the Gaelic Grounds.
Own Goal

1 week ago | irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Daniel Neely

It's fair to say that soccer fans in the U.S. and around the world are looking forward to the World Cup next year. The 2026 competition will be the 23rd such gathering and it will be played in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. This is the first time that there will be three host countries. The tournament will feature 48 teams - up from the previous 32 - and will run from June 11 to July 19.