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
Local knowledge is priceless - look out for those Kennedy men from Fermanagh
Please run for president again Michael D Higgins
A shiny diamond and O’Donnell’s in County Donegal
Cork to Donegal - my meanderings along the Wild Atlantic Way
Life and living - a wild and happy New Year
A perfect family weekend along the Wild Atlantic Way
A donkey and ox in Bethlehem who witnessed a very special birth
Santa Claus has nothing on my Sandy at Christmas
Saving lives at the Cliffs of Moher and goings on before Christmas
Most read
- 1 Photos of Ireland: Vote for your favorite in My Irish Cousin's photo competition!
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara