Kathleen Murphy:
Integrity, Smarts, & Vision
Kathleen Murphy shares insights on her career’s success, the importance of team work, and the family story behind her...
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In This Issue
Kathleen Murphy:
Integrity, Smarts, & Vision
Kathleen Murphy shares insights on her career’s success, the importance of team work, and the family story behind her mission to give people, especially women and the younger generation, the tools...
MoreFirst Word: Profit and Loss
…and empowering women to take control of their financial futures. ℘℘℘ Profiling so many successful Irish people working in the financial industry has me questioning my own...
MoreNews from Ireland:
October / November 2019
The latest goings on. ℘℘℘ Ireland is particularly exposed to economic turbulence from a no-deal Brexit. BREXIT AND THE BORDER The October 31 deadline is fast approaching and yet we...
MoreIreland Looks to Finances in 2025
Ireland’s Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance, Michael D’Arcy, was in New York City on July 28 to launch the “Ireland for Finance” five-year strategy plan at a breakfast...
MoreIrish Americans
Honored in New Ross
The Hall of Fame, Kennedy Summer School, and the opening of a Savannah exhibit all happened in New Ross in early September. ℘℘℘ Two Americans with connections to New Ross were...
MoreIrish Eye on Hollywood
FROM AILES TO POWER Academy Award winner Russell Crowe was most recently seen on the Showtime political drama The Loudest Voice, about TV kingmaker Roger Ailes and the rise of Fox News. Now,...
MoreLove of Country
When music legend Bruce Springsteen recorded his excellent 2007 “Live in Dublin” concert, it’s no accident that the famed rock-n-roller opted for a decidedly more country flavor, using fiddles...
MoreNew Film & TV
DUBLIN MURDERS AIRING ON STARZ NETWORK A few years back, author Tana French told Irish America about her unusual journey from under-employed actress to “First Lady of Irish Crime.” “I...
MorePhoenix Remembers
the Great Hunger
The 2019 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine will take place in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, November 3. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Chair of the...
MoreThe American Revolution
and Ireland
The Irish involvement in the American Revolution is often lost in the stories dominated by tales of the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. Now, a new exhibition at Philadelphia’s Museum of the...
MorePresident Higgins in the U.S.A.
President Michael D. Higgins was in New York in September for the United Nations General Assembly, where he attended many high-level bilateral meetings with other world leaders. While in New York,...
MoreIn East Mayo: A Community Where Past Is Prologue
A year-long celebration is underway to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Swinford, a County Mayo town as proud of its heritage as its time-honored strength of...
MoreWild Irish Women:
Marie-Louise O’Murphy
a.k.a. Marie-Louise O’Murphy de Boisfailly, Morphy, Morphi, Mademoiselle de Murph, La Belle Morphise, Louison, Madame la Countess de Beaufranchet d’Ayat, Mme Lenormand de la Gravière...
MoreRoots: Murphy, O’Murchu,
and O’Murphy
The Irish surname Murphy is a modern form of the ancient Irish name O’Murchadha, which means “descendant of sea warrior,” from the Gaelic muir, meaning “sea,” and cath, meaning...
MoreWindow on the Past: Stampede of a New York Cowboy
Calgary, nicknamed “Cowtown,” is home to the largest rodeo in the world, the Calgary Stampede, which annually draws millions of visitors. The first Calgary rodeo in 1912 was organized...
MoreMcSorley’s Old Ale House
Sawdust on the floor, two kinds of beer – light or dark – what’s not to love about this timeless New York landmark pub? ℘℘℘ It might not be New York’s oldest bar – the Ear...
MoreThe Peculiar Adventures
of Irish Poets in America
Dublin-born Thomas Moore (1779-1852) is still recognized as Ireland’s National Bard; he was once as famous a romantic poet as his best friend Lord Byron. While studying law in London in 1801 he...
MoreWhat Are You Like?
Tom O’Neill
On the best advice he ever received, talking on plane rides, and being 20 years late on his book deadline! ℘℘℘ It took 20 years of intensive research, hundreds of interviews, missed...
MoreDark Ireland:
Images of a Lost World
The following is an extract from the foreword to Richard Fitzgerald’s stunning book of photographs taken in Ireland over the past 45 years. ℘℘℘ For more than forty years I have...
MoreBook Reviews
Skin by E.M. Reapy Elizabeth Reapy’s Natalie is one of those characters who stays with you long after you’ve finished the book she occupies. If “occupies” is even the right word,...
More“Forty Shades of Green” at 60
The iconic song about Ireland, written by country music legend Johnny Cash in 1969, is still popular today. ℘℘℘ When Cash visited Ireland in 1959, he was already a successful country...
MoreWoodstock: The Irish Contribution
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Joan Baez, Santana, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and – Henry...
MoreSláinte! The Great October Fair
The Ballinasloe October Fair is one of the oldest fairs in Ireland. While now predominantly associated with horses, in its heyday it served as a market for the sale of cattle and sheep by...
MorePhoto Album:
An Ocean Away
My paternal great-grandmother Violet May Carroll McHale was born in 1906 in Castlebar, Mayo, and raised as a farmer’s daughter. She and her sisters (Delia, Lucy, and Jane) did much of the grunt...
MoreHibernia
New Film & TV
DUBLIN MURDERS AIRING ON STARZ NETWORK A few years back, author Tana French told Irish America...
Phoenix Remembers
the Great Hunger
The 2019 International Commemoration of the Great Irish Famine will take place in Phoenix,...
Love of Country
When music legend Bruce Springsteen recorded his excellent 2007 “Live in Dublin” concert,...
President Higgins in the U.S.A.
President Michael D. Higgins was in New York in September for the United Nations General Assembly,...
Ireland Looks to Finances in 2025
Ireland’s Minister of State for Financial Services and Insurance, Michael D’Arcy, was in New...
The American Revolution
and Ireland
The Irish involvement in the American Revolution is often lost in the stories dominated by tales...
Irish Americans
Honored in New Ross
The Hall of Fame, Kennedy Summer School, and the opening of a Savannah exhibit all happened in New...
Irish Eye on Hollywood
FROM AILES TO POWER Academy Award winner Russell Crowe was most recently seen on the Showtime...
News from Ireland:
October / November 2019
The latest goings on. ℘℘℘ Ireland is particularly exposed to economic turbulence from...