Niall O'Dowd
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."
Latest Stories
On This Day: IRA declared a ceasefire in 1994 – a day that changed Ireland forever
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On This Day: Irish Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney dies in 2013
US Irish must make sure Harris is aware of their issues, including Good Friday Agreement
Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned
Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case
Two IRA men immortalized in these historical Irish ballads
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