North End Moment: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Life on the Corner: Erin Go Bragh

St. Patrick’s Day is an auspicious time to recall that before the North End was Italian it was Irish, inhabited by refugees trying to escape the terrible famines of the 1840’s. When they arrived here the Irish met an unyielding wall of prejudice and enmity. The original settlers of Boston, mostly Swamp Yankees, used to Read More…

Downtown View: March Goodness

Oh, to be in Boston, now that March is here. Because it will be cleaner. The cars will be towed. Those big mechanical sweepers will chug down our streets, and winter’s flotsam and jetsam will be sucked up and taken away starting this week, a whole month earlier than the traditional starting date. This is Read More…

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Today, March 17th, is Saint Patrick’s Day! On this day, we celebrate Saint Patrick, the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who lived during the fifth century. According to the History channel, he is credited with bringing Christianity to the Irish. On St. Patrick’s Day, Irish families traditionally attended church in the morning and celebrated in Read More…