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February / March 2008

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An Evening with Joe O’Connor and Colum McCann

Irish novelists Joseph O’Connor and Colum McCann enthralled an audience at the New York Public…

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Ceol Na nGael

About ten years ago I stumbled into the traditional Irish music scene and life has…

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Innocence Shattered By Kennedy’s Assassination

“Wish I’d been a kid back then.” That’s my children’s usual reaction after listening to…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

Many TV critics have argued that since The Sopranos went off the air, HBO has…

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Omagh Bombing Case Collapses

Belfast Crown Court acquitted Sean Hoey of all charges in connection with the 1998 Omagh…

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Photo Album: One Family & Their Dog

This snapshot of my grandparents, my uncle, and the family mutt was taken in 1950…

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Review of Books

Irish Century Series One of the most ambitious projects in recent Irish fiction will be…

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She Writes What She Knows: Alice McDermott

More than any other writer over the past quarter century, Alice McDermott has chronicled the…

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Sláinte! Ireland Conquers The World

Pining for a pint of stout, an earful of blarney, and a toe-tapping fiddle tune…

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The First Word: The Diaspora

Does the diaspora matter? That was the key issue of discussion at the U.S.-Ireland Forum….

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The French Connection: Cocaine in Ireland

The death of top model Katy French a few weeks ago from a cocaine overdose…

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The Irish in California

in 2005, when it became clear that the Ronald Reagan Pub in Ballyporeen, Tipperary was…

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The Magic of Yeats Country Lives On

Ed: This post originally appeared in the February / March issue of Irish America after…

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The Reluctant Star: Ciaran Hinds

Ciarán Hinds is lovely.  Now, perhaps I shouldn’t admit that because part of Hinds’ attraction…

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The Trouble with Irish Language

With the Irish language under threat of extinction, you would think the Gaeltacht, small pockets…

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The US Ireland Forum Highlights

The inaugural U.S.-Ireland Forum was held in New York on November 7 and 8. Irish…

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The US Ireland Forum: Don Keough’s Address

Does the Diaspora Matter? Keynote speaker and principal honoree at the forum dinner Don Keough,…

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The US Ireland Forum: Hugh Brady’s Address

The U.S.-Ireland Forum got off to a good start when Dr. Hugh Brady, President of…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word: The Diaspora

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The Reluctant Star: Ciaran Hinds

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: One Family & Their Dog

This snapshot of my grandparents, my uncle, and the family mutt was taken in 1950…

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