After almost 18 months on the New York Times bestseller list, Angela's Ashes is still up there in the top five, dancing around form number one down to two or three, maybe hitting on four for a spot, but then working its way back up to the first or second spot. Across the Atlantic in Ireland, the hardcover and the paperback versions are both selling like hot cakes, consistently … [Read more...] about McCourt’s Magic Touch
The Brother
By Malachy McCourt
March / April 1998
It's the Irish thing again. You're not allowed to go careering around God's globe boasting about your own or your family's great accomplishments and doughty doings. In a dead moment in a pub or saloon, indulgence might be extended to a short bit on what the mother said, or the da did, or what the sister was a terror for, but that would be the extent of it. And, as noted all … [Read more...] about The Brother
The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)
By Darina Molloy, Sarah Buscher, and Ann Scott
November / December 1998
As we enter the new millennium, the Irish in the U.S. have reached a level of success that the immigrants of the last and early part of this century could have not possibly imagined. Our annual list of the "Best and the Brightest" offers more than a few surprises, such as Harvard being the number one graduate school, and the unusually large percentage of Irish-born. George C. … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)
Top 100 Irish Americans of 1998 (Bagley – McNamara)
By Darina Molloy and Sarah Buscher
March / April 1998
Elizabeth Frawley BagleySenior Adviser to Secretary of StateAn attorney by profession, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley swapped her ambassadorship to Portugal for a senior adviser's slot at the office of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. But Washington, D.C. insiders are hinting that Frawley Bagley may not be off the diplomatic circuit for very long; her name has already been … [Read more...] about Top 100 Irish Americans of 1998 (Bagley – McNamara)
Top 100 Irish Americans of 1998 (Mitchell – Welsh)
By Darina Molloy and Sarah Buscher
March / April 1998
George MitchellPeace Talks Chairman Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell has made quite a name for himself in a different political arena since he was appointed independent chairman of the Northern Ireland all-party peace talks. And talks representatives of all hues praise the Maine native's evenhandedness and steady leadership, which has been much in evidence over the past … [Read more...] about Top 100 Irish Americans of 1998 (Mitchell – Welsh)