December/January 2001
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Book Reviews: The Latest Irish Books
NON-FICTION The Irish cop is no stereotype. As authors Thomas Reppetto and James Lardner show,…
Film Forum: No Non-Irish Need Apply?
Ethnic casting issues in movies. Our moviegoing experience would be much diminished if we had…
Film Review: Two Family House
Starring Michael Rispoli, Kelly MacDonald, and Kevin Conway. Written and directed by Raymond De Felitta….
Film Reviews: Tigerland
Starring Colin Farrell. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 20th Century Fox. ℘℘℘ Faster than a speeding…
Photo Album: Happy Holidays!
The celebration of Christmas at Rockefeller Center started informally in 1931 when workmen involved in…
Roots: Using Church Records
To do successful family history research you must know where to look. Knowing the sources…
The First Word: The Wealth of Our Heritage
As I write this, the end of the first year of the new millennium is…
An Irish Pair Win Emmy Awards
If this year’s Emmy awards are any indication, the Irish still have the market on…
Bono’s Bandwagon
U2 frontman Bono could be spotted on the east Coast this fall as he visited…
Dreaming of Freedom
A new exhibit in Boston traces the city’s history as a gateway to the United…
Educating Martin
How Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness is adjusting to his new role as Northern Ireland’s Minister…
Get Your Irish Up! At Galway’s Oyster Festival
It’s early evening and a vast room at Galway’s Corrib Southern Hotel is lined with…
Healing Heartthrobs
“I have so many pins and bolts in me I feel like Boris Karloff,” Liam…
Independent TDs Demand Abortion Referendum
Kerry South TD (Member of Parliament) Jackie Healy -Rae has changed his tune and added…
Las Vegas ROCKS
Maura O’Connell concert benefits U.S.-Ireland Alliance. ℘℘℘ On Friday, September 22, Maura O’Connell performed her…
Life After Riverdance?
Perish the thought! But it’s a possibility Riverdance producers Moya Doherty and John McColgan are…
Margaret Mitchell’s Lasting Gift
Madam, I greet you on the beginning of a great new career.” With these words…
Martin Sheen’s Enduring Spirit
Actor Martin Sheen was awarded Amnesty International’s Enduring Spirit Award for his tireless dedication to…
More Millionaire Madness
Millionaire madness has hopped the Atlantic taking firm hold in Ireland with the October debut…
New and Noteworthy
Actress, model and former MTV VJ, and Irish America Top 100 honoree Karen Duffy, better…
Olympic Roundup
Sonia’s Silver Ireland brought home only one Olympic medal from the Sydney Games. The country’s…
Reclining With Kevin
Kevin Kline is seriously funny. Blame it on his Irish side. Settling back into a…
Seeing Beckett on the Silver Screen
Film adaptations of two Samuel Beckett plays Not I and Krapp’s Last Tape, were screened…
Sinn Féin Ordered to Fly Union Jack
The British government has announced that it will be assuming powers to order Sinn Féin…
Slainte! The History of Soup
Come fall, the days grow shorter, temperatures drop, and trees shed their leaves. Just as…
Stars Turn Out For Concern Gala Evening
The stars came out in October to honor A.M. Rosenthal, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose…
The Beckett of Paint
“I live, you might say, in gilded squalor,” Dublin-born painter Francis Bacon once remarked, explaining…
The Ideal Christmas Gift for Joyce Fans
How’s this for a stocking stuffer? On December 14 Christie’s New York will offer a…
The Irish in Australia
Commencing with convicts, feared and despised, and followed by free immigrants and settlers, the Irish…
The King Ranch
How the orphaned son of Irish immigrants ended up owning one of the largest cattle…
The Punt Takes a Pounding…
If you’re planning a trip to Ireland, now’s the time. The Irish pound has hit…
Ties That Bind
Two successful Irish Americans share an experience of giving…more than money. ℘℘℘ Mary Pat Lyons…
Trimble Wins Reprieve And Jeopardizes Good Friday Agreement
Another political crisis in Northern Ireland was narrowly avoided and a new one born when…
Who’s Rappin’ Now?
Tom Dunphy talks to Chris Byrne of Unity Squad. Chris Byrne is an unrepentant Fenian…
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News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have
passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Photo Album: Happy Holidays!
The celebration of Christmas at Rockefeller Center started informally in 1931 when workmen involved in…