Northern Roots Southern Branches
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The Hottest Thing in Hats
It’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...
MoreThe First Word: “Dear Sir or Madam”
When 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....
MoreSinn Féin Surges Ahead
On 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)...
MoreIreland Votes NO on Nice
European 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...
MoreSt. Patrick’s Day in May
The 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...
MoreChristina Aguilera’s Irish Roots
“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 Goes One More Round
Michael 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...
MoreThe Rep Takes Broadway
Séan 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...
MoreFundraiser for Irish Breast Cancer
The 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...
MoreArthur Gelb – An Honorary Irishman
Irish 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...
MoreJeremy’s in the Pink Mumba Doesn’t Mind
Wrapping 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...
MoreKevin’s Seagull
New 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...
MoreCarlin Redux
George 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’s Toothache
Reba 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...
MoreSweet Avondale
California 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...
MoreA Little Bit of Ireland in the U.S.
Williamsburg: 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...
MoreA Call to Remember
The 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,...
MoreRemembrance
The 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...
MoreU.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry
The 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 Bellow of Great Airs
The 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...
MoreIrish Theater Loses a Voice
The 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...
MoreEllis Island in Cyber Space
In 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...
MoreAmnesty Celebrates 40 Years
W.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...
MoreSister Act
How 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...
MoreThe Irish Brigade In the Civil War
“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...
MoreSongs of the People
Tom 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...
MoreSláinte! The Feast of Lughnasa
The 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...
MoreBook Reviews
FICTION 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,...
MoreMusic: From a Whisper to a Scream
“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,...
MoreLacey Meets Brecht in Dublin
Tyne 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...
MorePassings
John 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...
MoreFilm Forum: Land of the Second Chance
Once 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...
MoreNorthern Roots Southern Branches
Will 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...
MorePhoto Album: Gracie’s Crossing
Grace 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,...
MoreHibernia
Reba’s Toothache
Reba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new sitcom set to launch on...
Sweet Avondale
California redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park in County...
The Rep Takes Broadway
Séan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones headlined...
Remembrance
The potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible...
Jeremy’s in the Pink Mumba Doesn’t Mind
Wrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks’ remake of the 60’s film, The Time...
Ellis Island in Cyber Space
In April of 2001 Ellis Island opened its doors to more people than ever before with the launching...
Amnesty Celebrates 40 Years
W.B. Yeats had his second coming on June 11 with actors, writers, and other members of New...
A Little Bit of Ireland in the U.S.
Williamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at this...
Kevin’s Seagull
New Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre’s production of Anton...
Michael Flatley Goes One More Round
Michael Flatley was eleven and living in Chicago when he first saw Irish step dancing. He knew...
Fundraiser for Irish Breast Cancer
The New York dinner for the International Breast Cancer Foundation for Ireland was held at the...
The Bellow of Great Airs
The wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a...
Arthur Gelb – An Honorary Irishman
Irish America publisher Niall O’Dowd presented Arthur Gelb with a Waterford Crystal Harp at...
A Call to Remember
The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the United...
Christina Aguilera’s Irish Roots
“A lot of people get all in a fuss about Christina wanting to explore her Latin side and not...
Carlin Redux
George Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm...