Portals to the Past
I love to drive around Ireland, especially if I have the luxury of time. I aim my car in the direction that I hope to end...
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In This Issue
Boston’s Man of the People: Marty Walsh
There was world renowned musician Yo-Yo Ma on center stage, playing an audacious solo of Danny Boy on his cello before 8,000 enraptured listeners. Mid-way through the performance and without missing...
MoreThe First Word: We Are All Immigrants
And so it begins. A new year, and already a happy one with the election of an Irish mayor in Boston. And who better to embody the tough, tireless, tender trajectory of our Irish story, than...
MoreGlucksman Ireland House NYU at Twenty
2013 was an extraordinarily busy year at 1 Washington Mews. Starting last February, a plethora of activities has highlighted the range of this jewel in Greenwich Village: a memorable 20th Anniversary...
MoreIrish Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for Memory Formation
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have shown for the first time that two genes involved in many neurological diseases act together to regulate specific aspects of protein production in nerve...
MoreCelebrating with Concern
CEO of Aer Lingus Christoph Mueller was honored by the international humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide U.S. in early December. Mueller was recognized at Concern’s annual Seeds of Hope...
MoreThe Quiet Man is A National Treasure
There was much rejoicing among Golden-Age film lovers on December 18, 2013, when they learned that the classic 1952 John Ford film The Quiet Man was officially added to the Library of Congress...
MoreIrish Eye on Hollywood
Maybe they should call it the Father and Son Dance Film Festival! After all, it was an Irish family affair at this year’s Sundance Film Fest, which ran from January 16 – 26 in Park City,...
MoreThose We Lost
Peter O’Toole (1932-2013) Peter O’Toole, the actor who rose to international fame nearly overnight as T.E. Lawrence in the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, died December 14th in a London...
MoreJimmy Fallon Family Tree
Megan Smolenyak, the roots detective, takes a look at Jimmy Fallon’s Irish side. Not yet forty, Jimmy Fallon already has an impressive history to look back on. Between “Saturday Night Live”...
MorePortals to the Past
I love to drive around Ireland, especially if I have the luxury of time. I aim my car in the direction that I hope to end up, and then take the by roads, leaving the highway behind. Many of the old...
MoreReview of Books
Exchange Place by Ciaran Carson Ciaran Carson is a writer preoccupied with memory and perception. The author of five other prose collections and ten books of poetry, Exchange Place is...
MoreThe Fifth Province
There is a well-known Irish saying: ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine that can be loosely translated as “it is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” Particularly during acts...
MoreGrandma Walsh’s Wake
Grandma Walsh’s Wake After the viewing in the funeral home— all the young cousins marauding through the ghostly upstairs rooms, our parents whispering solemnly below— then came the night-long...
MoreToy Trains
An excerpt from the memoir “Tipperary to Tibet,” a collection of Irish stories by Joseph M. Cahalan. It had all the earmarks of a classic sibling rivalry. My sister, Pat – or Patsy as she was...
MoreRoots: The O’Dowd Clan
In 982 the King of Connaught, Aedh Ua Dubhda (or Hugh O’Dowd), “died an untroubled death.” This note in Lebor Laignech, the medieval Irish manuscript better known as the Book of Leinster, is...
MoreStrong Boy
On February 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan was on his way to becoming “America’s first sports hero.” All the 24-year-old son of Irish immigrants had to do was throw his hat into the ring....
MoreWhat Are You Like?:
Thomas Cahill
Thomas Cahill is a bestselling author and scholar whose landmark book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, marked its 18th anniversary in 2013. The book, which spent two years on The New York Times...
MoreSláinte: Soup is ON!
It rained yesterday. That might not be a big thing in Ireland or New York where drenching downpours only generate brief comments from the weatherman. In Los Angeles even scattered showers are top...
MorePhoto Album: Bridget’s Shawl
Bridget O’Donnell of Cork, Ireland, my great-grandmother, was sent out to Boston by her father in 1846. A recent discovery of her photograph in the Lyons family bible reignites interest in her...
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Glucksman Ireland House NYU at Twenty
2013 was an extraordinarily busy year at 1 Washington Mews. Starting last February, a plethora of...
Irish Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for Memory Formation
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have shown for the first time that two genes involved in...
Those We Lost
Peter O’Toole (1932-2013) Peter O’Toole, the actor who rose to international fame nearly...
Irish Eye on Hollywood
Maybe they should call it the Father and Son Dance Film Festival! After all, it was an Irish family...
Celebrating with Concern
CEO of Aer Lingus Christoph Mueller was honored by the international humanitarian organization...
The Quiet Man is A National Treasure
There was much rejoicing among Golden-Age film lovers on December 18, 2013, when they learned that...