The Hibernian Independent

Read The Hibernian Independent to keep up with popular topics and current controversies in Portland, Ireland and Irish America.

Bill Gallagher 4/2/26 Bill Gallagher 4/2/26

Ireland. Oregon. Easter Lillies.

Easter Season brings reminders of the 1916 Easter Monday Rising in Ireland. Find out how the Easter Lily from Oregon became a symbol of Republicanism after 1916. Included in the latest edition of the PDX Hibernian Independent: Rita O’Hare. Outside Mullingar. Ireland’s soccer women step up.

Bill Gallagher 3/19/26 Bill Gallagher 3/19/26

Did Trump just endorse a United Ireland?

Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day 2026 from Portland to San Francisco to the White House to Heppner to Montserrat, really. PDX Hibernian Independent has coverage.

Bill Gallagher 12/6/23 Bill Gallagher 12/6/23

Pogues. Polls. President Kennedy

It will be a meteorological miracle if the sun shines on the Oregon Potato Famine Memorial on Wed. Dec 13, the day of its Fifteenth Anniversary.