October / November 2000

Fifteen years is a mere flicker in the continuum of time, but for us here…

The surname Curran is common in all four provinces in Ireland, but especially in County…

Round two of Mel Gibson’s war with the British. ℘℘℘ Jack L. Warner once said…

The musicians who made being Irish “cool.” The year was 1985. At roughly about the…

The latest Irish books. ℘℘℘ Non-Fiction From the Bottom Up, by Pat O’Neill Often it’s…

Regular readers have probably deduced I’m a boomer – a member of that generation born…

Donald Keough, former president of Coca-Cola, is chairman of Allen & Company. A leading Irish-American…

A shy priest from Cavan who helped tame a frontier town. Imagine him, pale Irish…

In the late ’80s and early ’90s the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (I.I.R.M.) was a…

In 1967 when she was 80, I tossed a birthday party for Mother. There were…

“I have lived so long abroad and in so many countries that I can feel…

From The Seven Little Foys to Patriot Games. Once when I was a child, I…

William Flynn is living proof that sometimes big business and politics should mix. In his…

Three generations return home. ℘℘℘ A summer journey fills the pockets with scraps of nothing…

Rosie O’Donnell, the queen of daytime TV, recalls the time she and her family spent…

A bawdy romance from the author of Angela’s Ashes. When he awoke that morning Mordecai…

Dr. Eoin McKiernan, founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute, is widely acknowledged as one…

The old St. Patrick’s Day quip about there being two kinds of people – those…

Over the years, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about what it means…

Throughout her film career, Maureen O’Hara captured the essence of the Irish colleen in all…

Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell has earned a hallowed place in the annals of Irish…

My grandparents were born in the Irish midlands in the 1870s, the decade that the…

Peter Quinn writes about his immigrant grandfather. ℘℘℘ The man on the horse is my…

As dancer, singer, actor, director, and producer, Gene Kelly has provided audiences with some of…

If you ask his fellow senators – liberals or conservatives – who’s on their list…

I can’t remember when I first heard it, but my mother told me I was…

How too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. At first, it…

Since his childhood in Mayo during the worst of the Black and Tan atrocities, Paul…

Michael Flatley, star of Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and Feet of Flames, has revolutionized…

When Pat Riley coached the New York Knicks basketball team, journalist Pete Hamill listed him…

Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston is perhaps most memorable to the Irish for her role as…

Dubbed the “First Lady of the Theater,” Helen Hayes charmed audiences for 75 years, appearing…

A native of Northern Ireland, Seamus Heaney won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. The…

Thomas Fleming writes of the struggles and triumphs of an Irish-American family. ℘℘℘ My County…

Even now, here 30 years since, when I turn to the southwest in Ennis from…

During his 34 years with the Supreme Court, Justice William Brennan, Jr. (1906 – 1998)…

Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1987….

Some thoughts on being Irish-American. As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption:…

Gregory Peck, the Hollywood legend, will long be remembered for his Oscar-winning performance as Atticus…

My south London schoolmates and I struggled with our Irishness during the 1970s. Nearly all…

Being Irish? Is being a clannish islander with all the good and all the bad…

When I was 13 years old, my mother took my siblings and me to Rockaway…

The English Catholic martyr, St. Edmund Campion, lived in Dublin for a while in 1569…

William Kennedy on his unsung origins. My grandfathers, George Kennedy and Peter McDonald, died before…

Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, is the most well-known Irish politician outside the island…

Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd added their voices to the growing Irish-American demand that…

New papers show influence with Reagan. ℘℘℘ Newly released files from the Reagan White House…

The Irish and American governments are joining together in the fight against illiteracy. They plan…

The contest for the second annual George J. Mitchell Scholarships for the 2001-2002 academic year…

The art of Bernadette O’Huiginn. ℘℘℘ “Semi-abstraction is the area that I feel happiest in,…