IF YOU don't know your architrave from your transom, a publication on the history of Irish windows could be just for you. The fascinating story of how we swapped dark, defensive medieval castles ...

The stain-glass windows of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Bayonne feature 40 works by leading figure in Ireland’s Irish Arts and Crafts Movement, Harry Patrick Clarke.

Lawrence intended to look at the windows in just 20 churches, but once work was underway word spread, and other parishes wanted to be included. In all, he saw about 80 churches in those dioceses.

As Americans from coast to coast celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today with things like green beverages and parades, a group of Irish-Catholic descendents are searching for remnants of a fabled past.