Cormac MacConnell
Cormac MacConnell is a veteran writer and journalist. His much loved column, about his life in County Clare and observations about Irish life, has appeared in the Irish Voice for close to 30 years.
Latest Stories
Everything you know about the St. Patrick's Day shamrock is a lie
On This Day: Larry Cunningham, Irish country music singer, is born in 1938
My annual pride over my song “Christmas in the Trenches 1915”
Wise men's gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh - Jesus was a wealthy child at Christmas
Magic in my peaceful song - Christmas In the Trenches
The modern reality of Ireland is breathtaking
When orange and green couldn’t be seen in Northern Ireland
Cormac MacConnell: This Christmas we survive on scraps of hope and good tidings
Unionism and the ethnic cleansing of Northern Ireland's nationalist youth
Most read
- 1 Fancy living in a beautiful Irish village? Win keys to a stunning home in Adare, Co. Limerick
- 2 A history of the popular Irish song "The Galway Girl"
- 3 Eat What You Want Day: These Irish comfort foods will hit the spot
- 4 WATCH: This 1983 Irish Spring Soap ad’s accents will make you laugh
- 5 WATCH: When Dolly Parton sang an impromptu gig in a Co Kerry pub
- 6 Faces of the Titanic: John Horgan, lost at sea, remains a mystery man
- 7 A local's guide to ten of Galway's best-kept secrets
- 8 Northern Lights make spectacular appearance in Irish skies
- 9 Bambie Thug finishes sixth at Eurovision, Ireland's highest finish in 24 years