Irish drug baron and gangster George "The Penguin" Mitchell was arrested in Amsterdam on this day in 1998, after being caught stealing five million pounds worth of computer parts. A native of Ballyfermot in Dublin, he became involved with associates of the murdered gangland boss Martin "The General'' Cahill, and participated in a number of their robberies. He moved from Dublin … [Read more...] about March 5, 1998
Archives for March 1998
McCourt’s Magic Touch
After almost 18 months on the New York Times bestseller list, Angela's Ashes is still up there in the top five, dancing around form number one down to two or three, maybe hitting on four for a spot, but then working its way back up to the first or second spot. Across the Atlantic in Ireland, the hardcover and the paperback versions are both selling like hot cakes, consistently … [Read more...] about McCourt’s Magic Touch
The Brother
By Malachy McCourt
March / April 1998
It's the Irish thing again. You're not allowed to go careering around God's globe boasting about your own or your family's great accomplishments and doughty doings. In a dead moment in a pub or saloon, indulgence might be extended to a short bit on what the mother said, or the da did, or what the sister was a terror for, but that would be the extent of it. And, as noted all … [Read more...] about The Brother
March 2, 1998
The Kerry Bog Pony, an old Mountain and Mooreland breed (aka the "hobby") originating in the south-west of Ireland, received its official "passport" from Weatherbys on this day in 1998. This breed of pony was traditionally used for light work on small farms. Its presence in Ireland began to wane during the famine, and then further during the Napoleonic Wars, when British … [Read more...] about March 2, 1998
The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)
By Darina Molloy, Sarah Buscher, and Ann Scott
November / December 1998
As we enter the new millennium, the Irish in the U.S. have reached a level of success that the immigrants of the last and early part of this century could have not possibly imagined. Our annual list of the "Best and the Brightest" offers more than a few surprises, such as Harvard being the number one graduate school, and the unusually large percentage of Irish-born. … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)