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
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