Portland, Oregon’s connection to Ireland and Irish America

The Portland Hibernian Society exists for anyone who wants to get together with like-minded people to learn more about Ireland - its history, its culture, its people, its politics. We gather on the Third Thursday of the month (Sept. through July) at Kells Restaurant (112 SW Second Ave Portland). You never know what we’ll be getting up to. The PHS also publishes a newsletter The PDX Hibernian Independent.

Bloomsday - 19 June 2025 (3 days late, oh well) @ Kells Restaurant in Downtown Portland. L - David O’Longaigh. R - Leopold Bloom

Gemma Whelan

Frank Holt

Mike Phillips

Back Issues: PDX Hibernian Independent

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Back Issues: PDX Hibernian Independent *

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Oregon + Ireland
Oregon + Ireland

A summary of some of the latest news from Ireland and Oregon appears weekly now in the PDX Hibernian Independent.

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Saluting Fr. Jim for serving others
Saluting Fr. Jim for serving others

At our meeting this evening Thurs. 7.17 we'll celebrate with Father Jim Galluzzo the 35th anniversary of his ordination, his 80th birthday and the 17th anniversary of the organization he started to help people without a home and all that goes with having one

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Belated Bloomsday 2025
Belated Bloomsday 2025
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PDX HI Turns Three
PDX HI Turns Three
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From the Blog

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What’s woke about recruiting Catholic cops?
What’s woke about recruiting Catholic cops?

Price Service Norther Ireland has been unable to achieve parity in the numbers of Protestant and Catholic police officers.

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Trump golfs. Scotland remembers. Hundreds protest.
Trump golfs. Scotland remembers. Hundreds protest.

Trump golfs. Scotland remembers. Hundreds protest.

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Rose Fest Queen talks about choosing Trinity College
Rose Fest Queen talks about choosing Trinity College

Come September, the woman crowned the Queen of the Portland Rose Festival in May will be an undergraduate at Trinity College in Dublin.

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Portland’s Irish Potato Famine Memorial

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Build the Nation: A Blessing
Build the Nation: A Blessing

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.

Oregon Potato Famine Memorial 15th Anniversary
Oregon Potato Famine Memorial 15th Anniversary

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.