Those We Lost
Billy Lawless, champion for immigration reform, passes in Chicago In every march for immigration reform, amid all the Mexican and Central American marchers, you could always depend on one ruddy-faced Irishman leading a…
Annie Moore’s Long Lost Irish Cousins
Megan Smolenyak writes about a decade-long search that finally turned up the Irish cousins of Annie Moore of Ellis Island fame. Thanks to improved access to a variety of resources, Irish genealogy is…
Film Forum:
No Non-Irish Need Apply?
Ethnic casting issues in movies. Our moviegoing experience would be much diminished if we had…
Songs of the People
Tom Russell’s folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history. Singer and songwriter Tom Russell…