THE SPIRIT OF IRELAND HIBERNIAN BOOK NIGHT IS BACK! Join us November 19 at Kells Restaurant on SW Second for an evening of readings, reflections and reactions to the written word with Irish blood in its veins. (Mixed metaphor.) Six P.M. for no-host dinner and Seven P.M. for the readings.

The Hibernian Independent

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The morning after the morning after

PDX HI for 5 November 2026 previews the Spirit of Ireland Book Night and looks at one of the midterm winners from Minnesota with roots in Ireland and a reverence for old fashioned Irish-American politics.