Photos from a Banquet
There are thousands of banquets being held around the world this month of March 2026 with the same theme: Hail glorious Saint Patrick….in so many words. Portland is no exception. Hibernian Colleen Schultz shared these photographs from the evening.
Hibernian Banquet 411
When the bagpipes play it’s time to eat at the annual Hibernian Saint Patrick’s Day Banquet on March 7, 2026. Have you signed up? It might not be too late. Find all the details of the evening here.
Forgotten Battleground Oregon 1968: Bobby vs Gene
RFK Senior jogs with Freckles along the Oregon Coast near the Peter Iredale shipwreck. He would later strip to his underwear and go for a swim. No photos. May 1968.
Peter Yeates and Ken Larson: Bringing the Irish. By Daniel J. Curran
If Irish songs were miles, Peter Yeates and Ken Larson would have been around the globe a couple of times by now. Daniel J. Curran writes about where they’ve been all these years.
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE HALLOWEEN TO BAKE BARM BRACK
Barm Brack is an Irish dessert bread that can contain clues to your future.
Belated Bloomsday
Time Magazine - James Joyce - January 29, 1934. This year’s Portland Hibernian Society Bloomsday observance will take place Thursday, June 20 at Kells Restaurant. Read on for a few details.