The latest Irish books.℘℘℘Non-FictionOften it's easy to think that the only real Irish cities in America are New York, Chicago, and Boston. But as author Pat O'Neill shows in the vibrant and revealing From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City, great Irish stories can be found all over the map.Kansas City's contribution to Irish-American history is especially … [Read more...] about Book Reviews
Irish America 15th anniversary issue
Music: Rockin’ 15
The musicians who made being Irish "cool."The year was 1985. At roughly about the same time that U2's Bono was stage-diving into the massive crowd gathered for Live Aid, the charity concert organized by former Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof to help eradicate world hunger, the first issue of Irish America was being prepped to roll off the presses.It's been a wild 15 years for Irish … [Read more...] about Music: Rockin’ 15
Film Forum: The Patriot
Round two of Mel Gibson's war with the British.℘℘℘Jack L. Warner once said he hated the kind of movie in which the hero "writes with a feather." Hollywood's aversion to the quaint details of a distant historical period helps account for the scarcity of films dealing with the American Revolutionary War. But reluctance to alienate Great Britain probably had more to do with … [Read more...] about Film Forum: The Patriot