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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First Irish lesbian governor to make history in Massachusetts

In a historic move, Massachusetts is poised to elect its first lesbian governor, Moira Healey. Tuesday night’s primar...

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over 1 year ago
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Shaking hands with the devil at Béal na Bláth

It is highly likely that one of the two parties, Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, has signed its death warrant by coming tog...

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over 1 year ago
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John Ford created Ireland’s lasting image in "The Quiet Man"

John Ford is the man who crafted Ireland's lasting image in America through 'The Quiet Man,' a film whose influence i...

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over 1 year ago
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On This Day: IRA declared a ceasefire in 1994 – a day that changed Ireland forever

Niall O'Dowd recounts waiting for the historic IRA ceasefire announcement in August 1994 and the impact it had.

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over 1 year ago
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Remembering Seamus Heaney and his brilliant epitaph

On this day, August 30, in 2013, Irish poet Seamus Heaney passed away. He describes his own journey through life best...

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over 1 year ago
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Attacks on FBI by Trump supporters are a threat to democracy

Attacks on the FBI by Donald Trump supporters, including several very prominent politicians, reveal that the anger on...

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over 1 year ago
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Who killed Michael Collins? Questions still linger

Michael Collins was shot at around 8:30 p.m. from a distance of 450 feet away, as darkness fell on a lonely road betw...

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over 1 year ago
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The true history of “It's a Long Way to Tipperary” revealed

It's perhaps the most famous Irish song of all, though most regard it as a British song, but new evidence shows it is...

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almost 2 years ago
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The Irish girls who were flogged on a ship bound for Australia

An Australian account from 1849 tells the horrors that four girls, possibly Irish orphans, faced aboard the Ramilies ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case

Maureen O'Hara, the star of The Quiet Man, sued Confidential magazine in 1957 for libel after they ran a story about ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned

Infamous Lt Colonel George Custer loved to sing "Garryowen" when he and the 7th Cavalry massacred native American vil...

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almost 2 years ago
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How Maureen O’Hara said a final farewell to John Wayne

In “The Quiet Man,” their on-screen chemistry was so strong it made the film an instant classic. They were just as pa...

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