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August/September 2017

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“Molly, you have Alzheimer’s”

A grandmother’s legacy lives on in the work of Muireann Irish, whose research has shown…

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108-Year-Old Irish Woman Has Been to a Doctor Exactly Once

In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph shortly following her 108th birthday in July, County…

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Andrew Taylor’s Year of Nothing but Potatoes

Between January 1, 2016 and January 1 of this year, Andrew Taylor lost over 100…

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Bank of America, and a Dozen Others, Eye Dublin for E.U. Headquarters

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is just one of the many international institutions emigrating from…

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Bog Butter: Returning to Tradition

In June, Brian Kaller walked to the edge of the Bog of Allen, just behind…

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County Mayo Foundation Launches “Be Part of the Start” Campaign

On a mid-May evening in a Fifth Avenue apartment overlooking Central Park, the County Mayo…

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Daniel O’Day: Healthcare’s New Frontiersman

As the visionary leader of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Daniel…

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First Findings in From NASA Twin Study

The first results from a years-long study about the effects of prolonged space travel involving…

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First Word: “Did Ye Get Healed?”

Mary Mac pictured at Niagara Falls in 1972. I’ve been long enough away from Ireland…

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Gold Fever: The Shiny, Shady Past of Katy Perry’s Irish Great-Great-Grandmother

She came from a gold-obsessed family, so perhaps it wasn’t so surprising when the treasure…

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Grass-fed Irish Beef Gets USDA Import Approval

Slaney Foods International, based in Bunclody, County Wexford, is celebrating after landing a deal to…

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Healthcare and Life Sciences 50

The 2017 Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 list celebrates Irish innovators who are leading the…

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How the Nuns of New York Tamed the Gangs of New York

I was able to sniff back tears during most of the moving presentation of the…

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How to Conquer Cravings

A new book by folk singer and author Judy Collins reveals all about her battle…

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Ireland’s Poet Patriots Is a Musical Experience Not to Be Missed

Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with…

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Ireland’s First Satellite Is Ready to Launch

For the first time in history, the Irish are poised to make a material contribution…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Year of Brosnan

In August, Pierce Brosnan stars in the family drama The Only Living Boy in New…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Barry Keoghan Stars in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

With Irish stars like Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, not to mention the A-List director…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Elizabeth Moss is Typhoid Mary

In the wake of the critical and popular success she had starring in the Hulu…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Kerry Condon Teams Up with Martin McDonagh

In November, look for Tipperary native Kerry Condon in Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s latest twisted flick…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Liam Neeson Tackles Deep Throat

As if there weren’t enough references these days to former president Richard Nixon, Watergate, and…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Streaming Report

In case you missed these when they first came out, they are worth catching on…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Summer of Farrell

Speaking of Colin Farrell, the Dublin actor also has a full slate of films coming…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Two Irish Releases to Keep an Eye On

Two Irish films that have not yet received American release dates but that are worth…

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Irish Rep Honors Sondheim

The Irish Repertory Theatre celebrated its 2017 gala at the New York Town Hall in…

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Irish Universities: Leading the Way in Life & Health Science

Irish universities are at the forefront of medical science. Here are some of the recent…

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It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

Tom Deignan examines the WWI marching tune. ℘℘℘ Fans of legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore…

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JFK 100 Celebrated in New Ross

More than 350 people attended a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Arboretum near…

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Living in Each Other’s Shadow

We should be attendant to any story that involves love, even when it’s the strange…

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Meagher at Green-Wood Cemetery

Pictured below at the dedication of a new monument to General Thomas Francis Meagher at…

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New Irish Prime Minister Willing to Work with Trump

Leo Varadkar made history in June when he was elected taoiseach, becoming the first openly…

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Non-Verbal Autistic Teenager Given A Voice

Sixteen-year-old Fiacre Ryan’s life was transformed because of the Rapid Prompting Method, an innovative way…

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Photo Album: Who Was My Grandmother Kate?

My maternal grandmother Kate Whalen and I were very close. As a child, I would…

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Portals to the Other World

This fall, a number of our most celebrated Irish American authors will launch books into…

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Reading West Cork

A trip to the West Cork Literary Festival turns into an unexpected and inspiring look…

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Record Overcrowding in Irish Hospitals

Sinn Féin Deputy Leader and Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald (below) published a comprehensive and substantive  document on…

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Record-Breaking Year for Irish Tourism

For the first time since figures have been recorded, more than one million North Americans…

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Review of Books

Recently published books of Irish and Irish American interest. Napoleon’s Doctor: The St. Helena Diary of…

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Roots: The Rebel O’Deas

In the past and at present alike, the name O’Dea is almost exclusively associated with…

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Salmon, Mead, and Sunsets at Ireland’s Oldest Working Lighthouse

Hook Lighthouse, located on the Hook Head peninsula in County Waterford, has expanded its tourism…

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Sláinte! All Hail the Humble Spud

Edythe Preet writes about Ireland’s relationship with its signature crop. Back in first grade, my…

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Sons of Our Shakespeare

The tragic story of Eugene O’Neill’s sons, both of whom died by suicide. A four-time…

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Superbugs Be Gone

Dublin Institute of Technology start-up company Kastus was the recent recipient of a Knowledge Transfer…

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Taunting Death with Malachy McCourt

There is something fitting about where Malachy McCourt is calling from as I speak to…

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The Celtic Curse

Coming to terms with hemochromatosis. When I began researching hemochromatosis for this story, I knew only…

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The Irish and Suicide

According to a 2017 report by UNICEF, Ireland has the fourth highest rate of teen suicide…

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The New York Historical Society’s Moving JFK100 Exhibition

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth, the New York Historical…

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The Time is Right for “Woody Sez”

“There never was a sound that was not music – there’s no real trick of…

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The Vanishing Irish Americans

The number of people in the United States who identify as Irish American has suffered…

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Those We Lost

Jack Finucane 1937 – 2017 Father Jack Finucane, who co-founded the Irish humanitarian organization Concern…

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What You Didn’t Know
About Typhoid Mary

She was the original Patient Zero, a healthy and asymptomatic carrier of a deadly plague….

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Women of Concern

The 2017 Women of Concern Awards Luncheon, hosted by Concern Worldwide US in New York…

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FIRST WORD

First Word: “Did Ye Get Healed?”

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Daniel O’Day: Healthcare’s New Frontiersman

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: Who Was My Grandmother Kate?

My maternal grandmother Kate Whalen and I were very close. As a child, I would…

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