The Hibernian Independent
Read The Hibernian Independent to keep up with popular topics and current controversies in Portland, Ireland and Irish America.
Celebrating Bloomsday - 2024
Ulysses was published in Europe in 1922 but not in America until 1934. Hundreds of copies were smuggled in before that. (Ernest Hemingway was one of the “bookleggers”.) Every June we commemorate Bloomsday.
Pre-Bloomsday Special Edition
The latest edition of the PDX Hibernian Independent includes information about the PHS Bloomsday Celebration, the court case that Ulysses won, the fate of the Tri Color, Ronald Reagan in Tipperary and reactions to Ireland’s recognition of Palestine.
Women of The Rising Remembered
Grace Gifford Plunkett. She married Joseph Plunkett in his cell at Kilmainham Gaol the night before he was executed.