Irish America

Irish America

1998

The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in Corporate America (Black – McNealy)

By Darina Molloy, Sarah Buscher, and Ann Scott

November / December 1998

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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. Cathleen … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in Corporate America (Black – McNealy)

The Best and the Brightest 1998

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
March / April 1998

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This has been quite a year (we measure time from March to March) for the Irish in America. As our annual Top 100 list shows, the Irish, as the song goes, are "top of the heap, king of the hill," and not just in New York, New York, but everywhere. But of all the great Irish American success stories there is none to rival Frank McCourt's tale of triumph. As we go to press, his … [Read more...] about The Best and the Brightest 1998

Sláinte! The Dun Cow

By Edythe Preet

March / April 1998

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Writing this column usually sends me on a trip down memory lane reliving scenes from my childhood and moments with my father, a meat-and-potatoes man if there ever was one. It never occurred to me while growing up that there might be reasons for Dad's menu preferences, but investigating Ireland's culinary history continues to reveal that his food choices were a much as part of … [Read more...] about Sláinte! The Dun Cow

Coming of Age with Neil Jordan

By Brian Rohan

March / April 1998

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Neil Jordan's newest film, The Butcher Boy, is perhaps the most stunningly original. Darkly hilarious, and set in what Jordan calls the "disappearing" world of isolated, rural Ireland, The Butcher Boy looks set to earn a place among the most important Irish films of all time. Brian Rohan spoke to Jordan, The Butcher Boy author, and Pat McCabe and County Cavan schoolboy Eamonn … [Read more...] about Coming of Age with Neil Jordan

Celtic Cowboys, Poets and Musicians

By Don Meade, all photographs by Sue Rossoff

March / April 1998

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At first glance, the Irish Brigade in Elko seemed a bit out of place amid the sea of ten-gallon hats, blue jeans, and high-heeled cowboy boots. Elko, after all, is the home of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the premier celebration of the folk traditions of the American West. So this Nevada gold-mining, high desert town is used to playing host to buckaroo bards, rappin' ropers, … [Read more...] about Celtic Cowboys, Poets and Musicians