Niall O'Dowd Journalist, Publisher, Founder
  • New York
  • Irish Voice/Irish Central

Niall is the Founder of IrishCentral as well as of Irish America Magazine and the Irish Voice Newspaper. He is also responsible for publishing IrishCentral.com community newspaper and The Irish Emigrant newspaper, in Boston. He founded the Wall Street 50 awards, the Top 100 Irish Americans, the Business 100 and more recently the Top 50 Women in Business and the Irish Legal 100 awards. Niall was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin for his work on the Irish peace process, which was a subject of a book, "Daring Diplomacy" and a PBS Special, "An Irish Voice."

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Irish Voice Newspaper, Irish America Magazine, Irishcentral.com

158 Articles
over 1 year ago
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If US presidents could serve three terms

In his new book "The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present," Robert Schmuhl ...

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over 1 year ago
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Most recent US Census Irish figures hold major surprises

From Montana to the US Presidents, to the least Irish county in America - the results of the last American Community ...

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over 1 year ago
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On this day: Charles Stewart Parnell died in Dublin in 1891

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish nationalist politician and one of the most powerful figures in the British House...

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over 1 year ago
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Nuclear war, hurricanes, plagues, famine - is this the End of Times?

There really is a lot of reckoning going on.

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over 1 year ago
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On This Day: Sinéad O'Connor rips up picture of the Pope on SNL

Sinéad O'Connor shocked the world when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live on October...

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over 1 year ago
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Peter Quinn’s "Cross Bronx: A Writing Life" is a must-read

In his new memoir "Cross Bronx: A Writing Life", Peter Quinn writes about the Bronx Irish and the culture, community ...

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over 1 year ago
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"Carrickfergus" - the truth about the lyrics to one of Ireland’s most haunting ballads

The song seems to jump randomly between Carrickfergus and Kilkenny in southern Ireland, but it actually doesn’t.

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over 1 year ago
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Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly: "We are closer than ever to a united Ireland"

Interview with Sinn Féin Minister Gerry Kelly.

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over 1 year ago
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Death on a lonely hillside, the Free State murder of my mother’s cousin

Brigadier Seamus Devins, my mother's cousin, was among "Noble Six," as they've become to be known, who were killed by...

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over 1 year ago
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Ireland’s labor and housing shortages are worsening

Ireland's population is at a record high, there's a major staff shortages and the housing shortage is now a crisis.

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over 1 year ago
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Dr. Kevin Cahill was no ordinary man

Niall O'Dowd remembers Dr. Kevin Cahill, another pillar of the Irish American community who passed away on September ...

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over 1 year ago
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Why Anthony Bourdain loved “Typhoid Mary” so much

Famous chef Anthony Bourdain admired Irish woman Mary Mallon, aka 'Typhoid Mary,' so much that he wrote a book about ...

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