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Will a re-examining of the Ulster Scots advance the idea of a “pluralist society” or lead to further...
MoreIt’s a hot night in Boston, hotter still in the narrow space of Studio Soto where barefoot models weave trance-like through the melting crowd. ℘℘℘ Exhibiting the kind of creative...
MoreWhen Northern Ireland comes to lunch, it can be uncomfortable. It nags at complacency and the notion that everything will be okay and peace will hold, even though there are signs that say otherwise....
MoreOn election day in Northern Ireland, David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly, was roughed up by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)...
MoreEuropean Union foreign ministers, furious at the Irish electorate’s decision to reject the Nice Treaty on EU enlargement, have ruled out any renegotiation of the treaty. While they insist that...
MoreThe sign in the display in Clery’s shop window on Dublin’s O’Connell Street said it all: “Strong, bold…and proud to be Irish.” The sentiment perfectly captured...
More“A lot of people get all in a fuss about Christina wanting to explore her Latin side and not mentioning her Irish side much, but that’s only logical,” explains Christina...
MoreMichael Flatley was eleven and living in Chicago when he first saw Irish step dancing. He knew immediately it was to become his passion. “I was impressed with the sheer masculinity of the...
MoreSéan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones headlined a spectacular cast of performers appearing in The Irish Repertory Theater’s 8th Annual...
MoreThe New York dinner for the International Breast Cancer Foundation for Ireland was held at the Metropolitan Club in New York on April 25. The foundation sponsors post-graduate specialist studies for...
MoreIrish America publisher Niall O’Dowd presented Arthur Gelb with a Waterford Crystal Harp at his office in the New York Times building on May 12. Gelb and his wife, Barbara, were named to the...
MoreWrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks’ remake of the 60’s film, The Time Machine. Starring in the Spielberg feature, due out December 2001, are Jeremy Irons and up and coming...
MoreNew Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre’s production of Anton Chekov’s classic, The Seagull in New York’s Central Park. The Russian play about artistic...
MoreGeorge Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm & Silly Putty, the comedian and commentator, has something to say about everything from capital...
MoreReba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new sitcom set to launch on the WB this fall. The show, called Deep in the Heart, features the country singer star as a mother...
MoreCalifornia redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park in County Wicklow about an hour’s drive from Dublin. Avondale, now a national historic site and home of...
MoreWilliamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at this colonial oasis was to steer clear of shamrockery, yet still create a family environment that was fun and...
MoreThe Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the United States. But how does one show that the one million dead were once living, breathing, loving,...
MoreThe potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible and invincible,it stuck across Europe, the same sudden, unstoppable invasion...
MoreThe U.S.-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) has called on the British government to set up a full judicial inquiry into the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane, the Belfast lawyer....
MoreThe wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a Leviathan. And two giant voices emerged. One was the drone of the pipes, the other was of the human...
MoreThe creative community suffered a grievous loss when actor, drama teacher, artistic director and founder of the Focus Theatre in Dublin, Deirdre O’Connell, died at her home in Dublin on June...
MoreIn April of 2001 Ellis Island opened its doors to more people than ever before with the launching of their web site, www.ellisislandrecords.com. The site contains essentially all the immigration...
MoreW.B. Yeats had his second coming on June 11 with actors, writers, and other members of New York’s creative community slouching towards the microphone to read from the hilarious new novel Yeats...
MoreHow a committed sister freed her brother from prison. ℘℘℘ In 1980 the body of Katharina Brow was found in her trailer home in Ayer, Massachusetts. She had been stabbed to death and...
More“When anything absurd, forlorn, or desperate was to be attempted, the Irish Brigade was called upon.” – George Alfred Townsend ℘℘℘ No brigade in the Civil War was more...
MoreTom Russell’s folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history. ℘℘℘ Singer and songwriter Tom Russell is a man of many worlds. Born in Southern California, he has led...
MoreThe most joyous event of the Celtic year is Lughnasa (August 1), the beginning of the annual harvest. The Celtic calendar was structured on nature’s agricultural cycle and great festivals...
MoreFICTION For almost five decades now, legendary newspaperman Jimmy Breslin has dispensed wisdom, wit and justice with his hard-hitting columns. But Breslin has also published a dozen books now,...
More“Sometimes it is a spiritual experience, but most of the time it’s not…You have to work very hard to get that. But that’s okay. There’s no free lunch,...
MoreTyne Daly, known to TV viewers as Mary Beth Lacey, takes on a new role in Dublin. ℘℘℘ The character of Mary Beth Lacey is as firmly fixed in the collective televisual consciousness of...
MoreJohn Joseph Moakley Irish America lost a skilled and big-hearted leader with the death on May 28 of Massachusetts Congressman John Joseph Moakley, the South Boston Representative raised in a...
MoreOnce the most popular form of American filmmaking, the Western has not fully recovered from the commercial and critical debacle of Michael Cimino’s 1980 epic Heaven’s Gate. Although a...
MoreWill a re-examining of the Ulster Scots advance the idea of a “pluralist society” or lead to further separation? ℘℘℘ Southerners like to say they are not like other...
MoreGrace Boner was born December 10, 1904 in Altmore near Burtonport in the Rosses, County Donegal, Ireland. She married John Conaghan from nearby Crickamore. John went to America looking for work,...
MoreReba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new sitcom set to launch on...
California redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park in County...
Séan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones headlined...
The potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible...
Wrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks’ remake of the 60’s film, The Time...
In April of 2001 Ellis Island opened its doors to more people than ever before with the launching...
W.B. Yeats had his second coming on June 11 with actors, writers, and other members of New...
Williamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at this...
New Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre’s production of Anton...
Michael Flatley was eleven and living in Chicago when he first saw Irish step dancing. He knew...
The New York dinner for the International Breast Cancer Foundation for Ireland was held at the...
The wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a...
Irish America publisher Niall O’Dowd presented Arthur Gelb with a Waterford Crystal Harp at...
The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the United...
“A lot of people get all in a fuss about Christina wanting to explore her Latin side and not...
George Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm...