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
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Steve Bannon's bolloxology and January 6th

"The man who fomented more upheaval and denial of the 2020 election than anyone is Steve Bannon, the Irish American s...

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Steve Bannon's bolloxology and January 6th

"The man who fomented more upheaval and denial of the 2020 election than anyone is Steve Bannon, the Irish American s...

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almost 2 years ago
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The politician no one ever heard of who ended Irish immigration to the US

How Johnson hounded Irish American politician Michael Feighan of Cleveland into changing the face of European immigra...

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Billy Graham tried to stop Catholic JFK becoming president | IrishCentral.com

With the passing of Billy Graham earlier this year we recalled an extraordinary moment in American life when Graham a...

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Death of 15-year-old Ann Lovett in childbirth changed Ireland

Remembering Ann Lovett who died ashamed and alone in childbirth under a Catholic grotto. Her death changed Ireland fo...

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almost 2 years ago
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Right-wing Catholics control the US Supreme Court

There is something quite disturbing about the five hardline Catholics with links to the extreme Catholic group Opus D...

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My ancestors as they were on the night of March 31st 1901

Thirteen people were living in the Dowd house in Kilcooley, County Kerry, on March 31, 1901.

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almost 2 years ago
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Thomas Francis Meagher: The greatest Irishman in American history

The book about Thomas Francis Meagher should win a Pulitzer for revitalizing the interest in the Brigadier General wh...

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almost 2 years ago
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When Ireland banned Casablanca as unfair to Nazis

The most infamous banning was of the classic “Casablanca” in 1942. Considered by many experts as among the best films...

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almost 2 years ago
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My first Independence Day and discovering the meaning of July 4th

The fireworks, the celebration; my first July 4th was the first time I felt at home in America and that I knew I woul...

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almost 2 years ago
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The heroic bishop who gave his life while tending to Irish Famine victims in Canada

The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to...

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almost 2 years ago
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Was it genocide? What the British ruling class really said about the Irish Famine

Controversy abounds about how much (or how little) the successive British governments did to stop Ireland's Great Hun...

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