Cahir O'doherty

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Award winning Arts and Travel editor/journalistInnovation in journalism and storytellingMarketing and brand communicationsMultiplatform content creationDeadline-driven product managementPublic speakingWritten for, interviewed in, or broadcast at: The New York Times, The New York Post, IrishCentral.com, NPR, Frommers, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Ulster, RTE, Sirius, Newstalk, Today FM, University College Galway, Irish America Magazine, The Public Theatre, New York Irish Center

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Signature Irish dishes to complement your Thanksgiving dinner table

If the Irish had created Thanksgiving, it would have been called Giving Out Day. We’re usually much better at complaining than at giving thanks, but if there’s one thing we know how to do well, it’s cook for a cold climate. Thanksgiving isn’t an Irish hol... See more

irishcentral.com•Cahir O'doherty•Nov 25, 2025

On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879

Irish rebel leader Padraig Pearse was born on November 10, 1879, and executed on May 3, 1916, in the wake of the Easter Rising. The more you study his life and work, the more elusive he becomes. The poet W.B. Yeats, who knew Pearse reasonably well, famous... See more

irishcentral.com•Cahir O'doherty•Nov 10, 2025

A look at Irish American John L. Sullivan, the greatest boxer of his era

Born to an impoverished Irish family that fled the Great Hunger, he managed within one generation to change their fortunes and embody the American dream. He did it all with his bare hands. Cahir O'Doherty talks to author Christopher Klein, who wrote the r... See more

irishcentral.com•Cahir O'doherty•Oct 15, 2025

On This Day: Bob Geldof, the Irish founder of Live Aid, is born in 1951

The Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof was born in Dún Laoghaire on October 5, 1951 - here, a look at the Irish rockstar's legacy. On July 13, 1985, a dual-venue concert, Live Aid, was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the relief of ... See more

irishcentral.com•Cahir O'doherty•Oct 5, 2025

On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917

It's remarkable how many schoolteachers, poets, philosophers, and playwrights took up the cause of Irish freedom in the years before the Rising and on through the Irish Civil War. Among the best and brightest of their generation, what is certain is that m... See more

irishcentral.com•Cahir O'doherty•Sep 25, 2025

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Signature Irish dishes to complement your Thanksgiving dinner table

On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879

A look at Irish American John L. Sullivan, the greatest boxer of his era

On This Day: Bob Geldof, the Irish founder of Live Aid, is born in 1951

On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917

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Signature Irish dishes to complement your Thanksgiving dinner table

On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879

A look at Irish American John L. Sullivan, the greatest boxer of his era

On This Day: Bob Geldof, the Irish founder of Live Aid, is born in 1951

On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917

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