This year Irish America celebrates its tenth year. And it seems somehow fitting that the magazine, whose motto Mortas Cine stands for Pride in our Heritage, should be celebrating such a happy occasion in the same year that marks the 150th anniversary of the Famine. For this magazine, especially this special Top 100 issue, pays tribute to the success of the Irish in America. … [Read more...] about The First Word: Times to Remember
Archives for March 1995
March 9, 1995
U.S. President Bill Clinton approved a visa for Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams to enter the United States on this day in 1995. Adams is the current president of Sinn Féin who, in the late 1980s, became an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process. Several days after granting Adams' visa, President Clinton welcomed him as a guest to Congress's 1995 St. … [Read more...] about March 9, 1995