Wild Irish Women | Mrs. Joe Plunkett
GRACE “Now as the dawn is breaking, sure my heart is breaking, too. / As they lead me out to die, my thoughts will be of you.” Rosemary Rogers profiles Grace Gifford (1888–1955), an…
Roots | Letter to Ireland Answered – 28 Years Later
Genealogy is all about researching your family’s history, but every once in a while, it can turn up a piece of your own past. I was fortunate enough to experience this when I…
Songs of the People
Tom Russell’s folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history. Singer and songwriter Tom Russell…
Young Lonigan
James T. Farrell (1904-1979), born in Chicago to a struggling Irish Catholic family, became a…