JFK in June 1963 addressing the Irish Parliament. His words were summoned by Ed Curtin at the fifteenth anniversary of the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

by Father Jim Galluzzo. Delivered at the fifteenth anniversary of the dedication of the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial - 13 December 2023 - Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland Oregon.

In the summer of 2023, the newly appointed Consul General of Ireland on the West Coast, Micheal Smith, came to Portland to visit the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial. Here’s the presentation given to familiarize Smith with its back story and the accomplishment this Memorial represents for local members of the Irish Diaspora. 

Longtime Portland Hibernian Denny Codd passed away in October 2023.

Without the right weather conditions there would have been no Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The weather word tat General Eisenhower awaited finally came from Ireland.

A mid-summer jaunt from his nearby cottage took Kevin Burke to the summit of Croagh Patrick. Here’s his short account of the climb.

ROGER MARTIN - Requiescat in pace. Hundreds attended Roger’s funeral on Friday, July 14, 2023 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Lake Oswego.

Portland Welcomes Ireland's West Coast Consul General Micheal Smith