Forward the Music of the Gael
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In This Issue
Hall of Fame:
Dr. William C. Campbell
For centuries, onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, had plagued remote communities in Africa, Latin America, and Yemen. Lifelines for villagers, the rivers are breeding grounds for...
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Michael Dowling
In 1995, Limerick-native Michael Dowling was offered the position of senior vice president of hospital services at Northwell Health, formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System, which was then a...
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Sister Tesa Fitzgerald
Sister Teresa “Tesa” Fitzgerald, a nun of the order of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the founder of non-profit organization Hour Children, is a long-time believer in the power of routine. “If...
MoreHall of Fame: Terry O’Sullivan
Terry O’Sullivan became the tenth General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) on January 1, 2000, and was unanimously reelected to his fourth full term at the...
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Dr. Kevin White
Kevin White believes that his success and impact on collegiate sports is because of his Irish ancestry. “I am who I am, the diminutive pluses combined with the avalanche of minuses, because of my...
MoreThe First Word:
“It’s Not What You Look at. It’s What You See.”
“We’re the nation that just had six of our scientists and researchers win Nobel Prizes – and every one of them was an immigrant.” – @POTUS 3:40 PM • Oct. 13, 2016. President Obama...
MoreBrian Burns Named New Irish Ambassador
Philanthropist, businessman, and Irish America Hall of Fame member Brian Burns was officially announced as President Donald Trump’s appointment for ambassador to Ireland in January. He was tapped...
MoreNorthern Ireland Undergoes Historic Election Shift
For the first time in history of Northern Ireland there will be a nationalist majority in the national assembly at Stormont. A short 10 months after the previous Northern Ireland Assembly election,...
MoreGen. Martin Dempsey Receives Joyce Award
General Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was presented with the James Joyce Award in Dublin recently. Also known as the Honorary Fellowship of the Society, the award...
MoreOver 100,000 U.K. Companies Registered in Ireland After Brexit
Despite the fact that the deadline for the completion of the U.K. withdrawal from the European Union is two years away, U.K. companies are already registering in Ireland to shore up contingency plans...
MoreDairy State Bans Kerrygold Butter
There was statewide outcry in Wisconsin when much-loved Irish butter brand Kerrygold was outlawed at the end of February, due to a 1970 law that dictates all butter sold there must be subject to...
MoreKnock Visionary to Be Reinterred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The remains of John Curry, the youngest visionary to have claimed to see the alleged 1879 apparition of the Virgin Mary at Knock, County Mayo, are to be reinterred at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s...
MoreIrish American Musician Advocates for Syria
Dylan Connor is an Irish American singer/songwriter who, inspired by his Syrian wife, Reem Alhariri Connor, has become a celebrated activist for Syria and its refugees. Connor, who is the first...
MoreIrish Eye on Hollywood:
Stephen King Partners with Irish Heavyweights
Talk about scary talents. Brendan Gleeson is teaming up with Irish American TV legend David E. Kelley and horror god Stephen King for an upcoming mini-series. David E. Kelley. The Dublin-born...
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Netflix Buys The Irishman
Speaking of how radically the entertainment business is changing, anticipation has been building for the Martin Scorsese-Robert DeNiro-Al Pacino gangster flick The Irishman. The film will tell the...
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Simon Fitzmaurice, Director with ALS, Makes U.S. Feature Film Debut
Simon Fitzmaurice has already lived a life more incredible than any movie. Back in 2008, Fitzmaurice, from Wicklow, was a promising filmmaker who’d had a short film screened at the Sundance Film...
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Play Ball: The Duke of Tralee
Just in time for the start of another baseball season, one of Irish America’s first great athletic stars is set to be the subject of a major film, with one of his descendants even producing the...
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Colin Farrell Leads Civil War Drama
In June, look for Colin Farrell to lead a strong cast in the U.S. Civil War drama The Beguiled, based on a novel by Irish American writer Thomas P. Cullinan. The Beguiled tells the story of a wounded...
MoreIrish Eye on Hollywood:
Streaming Irish
Numerous streaming services have begun to offer up expanded Irish entertainment. Acorn TV now offers Striking Out, an Irish legal drama. Striking Out was hailed as “a roaring success” by the...
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Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves
Making the rounds and earning raves at film festivals is Irish boxer John Duddy’s acting debut Emerald City. The film, written by Northern Irish native Colin Broderick and produced by Irish Downton...
MoreJimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
The Irish American baseball legend who introduced the concept of the opening day pitch by the President of the United States. ℘℘℘ James Robert, “Jimmy,” McAleer, the youngest of eight...
MoreReport from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference
The annual conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS), “Island Relations: Ireland, Cuba and the Latin World,” was held in Havana over four days in February. The conference...
MoreThe Forgotten Irish Remembered at U.S. National Archives
Irish archeologist Damian Shiels, who specializes in what he calls “conflict archeology,” will launch his new book on the Irish immigrant experience during the Civil War at the National Archives...
MoreSpotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit
In March, the Ireland-U.S. Economic Business Relations Summit will host one of the top Irish American members of the new presidential administration team in New York. Former congressman Mick Mulvaney...
MoreMcGregor v. Mayweather in the Cards?
Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach has predicted that a boxing match between undefeated former five division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather and reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship...
MoreGlucksman Ireland House Honors Niall O’Dowd and James Galway
Glucksman Ireland House at New York University honored Irish America founding publisher Niall O’Dowd at their 24th annual gala dinner in February, along with renowned flautist Sir James...
MoreIt Takes a Village
In February, 110 Irish men and women from Kildangan, County Tipperary converged on the New York midtown pub Slattery’s to help raise money for a new half-million euro community center, complete...
MoreNew Leadership for Concern Worldwide U.S.
Two Irish America Business 100 honorees have been unanimously elected chair of the board of directors and chief executive officer of the non-profit international humanitarian organization Concern...
MoreThose We Lost
Recent passings in Ireland and Irish America. ℘℘℘ Desmond Connell 1926 – 2017 Former archbishop of Dublin Cardinal Desmond Connell, who stepped down from the position during the 2004 furor...
MoreCelebrating St. Patrick’s Day Parades in the U.S.
Some of the biggest and best celebrations of Ireland’s patron saint actually take place in America. New York may have the largest parade in the country, but it’s followed closely by Savannah,...
MoreThe Irishman Who Built New York Harbor
John Wolfe Ambrose emigrated from County Limerick as a boy and went on to leave an indelible mark on New York City. He cleaned the streets and turned New York Harbor into a world port. ℘℘℘ Like...
MoreWild Irish Women:
Mother Jones
Irish-born American labor leader Mother Jones was once known as the “most dangerous woman in America.” ℘℘℘ The editors of the socially-conscious magazine Mother Jones, explaining...
MoreWindow on the Past: Victoria
& the Battering Ram (Photos)
Sean Sexton’s photographic archive, considered the finest privately-held collection of Irish photographs in the world, provide a poignant photo-history of evictions in the final decades of the 19th...
MoreSalt Spring Island:
The Land of Fairies
British Columbia’s oldest working farm, founded by Irishman Henry Ruckle in 1872, has turned into something of a fairy land. ℘℘℘ Between a visionary immigrant farmer and an unknown planter of...
MoreJohn Ford:
A True Film Pioneer
Film director Martin Scorsese was honored with the John Ford Award at the annual Irish Film and Television Awards presentation in Dublin on February 25th 2017 . Scorsese was a huge fan of Ford as he...
MoreWhat Are You Like?
Sebastian Barry
Novelist Sebastian Barry takes our questionnaire. ℘℘℘ Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955 and has become one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, writing plays as well as novels...
MoreReview of Books
Recently published books of Irish and Irish American interest. ℘℘℘ Ireland’s Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth By Mark Williams In the midst of the Celtic Revival of the late...
MoreSláinte! The Irish and their Horses
Irish horses are much more than the stuff of legend ℘℘℘ It is spring. The foals are being born. In their gawky, long-legged honor, I give you the saga of the Irish and their horses. It is a...
MoreForward the Music of the Gael
There’s more to piping than meets the ear. Kristin McGowan talks to Joe McGonigal, the highly sought after musician and teacher, about his upcoming plans and the influence of his grandfather on the...
MorePhoto Album: Rosamond Mary Moore Carew at 106
Happy Birthday, Mema. Rosamond Mary Moore Carew turns 106 March 15. ℘℘℘ Rosamond Mary Moore Carew, my mother, known to her family as “Mema,” may just be the oldest living Irish American....
MoreThe Last Word:
JFK at 100
What is the best way to properly mark the 100th birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy? ℘℘℘ On May 29, a series of events across the country will mark what would have been John Fitzgerald...
MoreHibernia
Irish American Musician Advocates for Syria
Dylan Connor is an Irish American singer/songwriter who, inspired by his Syrian wife, Reem Alhariri...
Jimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
The Irish American baseball legend who introduced the concept of the opening day pitch by the...
Northern Ireland Undergoes Historic Election Shift
For the first time in history of Northern Ireland there will be a nationalist majority in the...
Spotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit
In March, the Ireland-U.S. Economic Business Relations Summit will host one of the top Irish...
Glucksman Ireland House Honors Niall O’Dowd and James Galway
Glucksman Ireland House at New York University honored Irish America founding publisher Niall...
Knock Visionary to Be Reinterred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The remains of John Curry, the youngest visionary to have claimed to see the alleged 1879...
Report from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference
The annual conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS), “Island Relations:...
Over 100,000 U.K. Companies Registered in Ireland After Brexit
Despite the fact that the deadline for the completion of the U.K. withdrawal from the European...
Gen. Martin Dempsey Receives Joyce Award
General Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was presented with the...
Brian Burns Named New Irish Ambassador
Philanthropist, businessman, and Irish America Hall of Fame member Brian Burns was officially...
It Takes a Village
In February, 110 Irish men and women from Kildangan, County Tipperary converged on the New York...
Dairy State Bans Kerrygold Butter
There was statewide outcry in Wisconsin when much-loved Irish butter brand Kerrygold was outlawed...
New Leadership for Concern Worldwide U.S.
Two Irish America Business 100 honorees have been unanimously elected chair of the board of...
The Forgotten Irish Remembered at U.S. National Archives
Irish archeologist Damian Shiels, who specializes in what he calls “conflict archeology,” will...
McGregor v. Mayweather in the Cards?
Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach has predicted that a boxing match between undefeated former...