First Word Archives
The First Word: A Whisper of Hope in Northern Ireland
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. There is an absence of joy so far…
The First Word: When Hope and History Rhyme
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. History says, don’t hope on this side of…
There is a There There
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. Twelve years ago we published the very first…
More Articles
The First Word: Let’s Talk About the Climate
I’m reminded as we go to press that in Ireland we always talk about the weather. “How about the weather now?” was an oft heard refrain of my childhood, one […]
The 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 […]
The First Word: Grace and Healing
The First Word, by Patricia Harty. Our hearts weep for Boston. This most Irish of American cities has seen its share of tragedy, but when the bombings at the marathon […]
Country Girl
In this excerpt from her memoir, Edna O’Brien returns to Ireland to build a house in which she hopes to avail of the “peace that passeth understanding,” only to find […]
The First Word: Finding the Way
“First determine that the thing can and shall be done and then we shall find the way. – Abraham Lincoln As we go to press, we learn that Lincoln received […]