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December/January 2005

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FEATURES

A Memorable Night Out!

The Irish Arts Center’s annual dinner dance at the prestigious New York Athletic Club on…

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A Reason to Doubt

The current ubiquity of Oscar-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley in New York City’s theaters is…

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A Sampling of the
Latest Irish Books

RECOMMENDED Roddy Doyle — already acclaimed for memorable portraits of Dublin such as The Commitments…

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A Star Called Roddy

“I said that Ulysses could have done with a good edit. I didn’t say it…

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Behind the Scenes with Bridget

Bridget Moynahan dances on bars, dallies in espionage, fixes robots and steals men away from…

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Enjoy the Holiday Feast

For eleven months of the year, you may calculate carbs, foreswear fat for fiber, pick…

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Farewell, Ms. Bluebell

Dance-world icon Margaret Kelly passed away on September 11 at the age of 94. Kelly…

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Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

First Word: A Different Tune

As Irish America’s editor for the past 20 years I have witnessed a major sea…

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George Bernard
Shaw in Boston

An exhibit displaying special items in the George Bernard Shaw collection will open at the…

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Harry Potter in Irish!

Draíodóirí, dragain, agus Dursleys…As readers around the world eagerly await the sixth installation of the…

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Irish Awarded

Irish films won awards in three of the top categories at the recent Toronto International…

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Irish Director Honors Wilde

“Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer,” Wilde once remarked. One hundred…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

It seemed like it was St. Patrick’s Day in November — at least when it…

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Irish Studies Conference

The Center for Celtic Studies at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee hosted this year’s regional meeting…

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Ladder 49: A Film with Heart

Much has been written about fire-fighters since 9/11, and while no film could do justice…

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Music Roundup

Critic’s Pick Eleanor McEvoy Early Hours Eleanor McEvoy is best known for the lovely ballad…

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News from Ireland

Maureen O’Hara Collects an Irish Oscar Maureen O’Hara brought over 700 guests to their feet…

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News in Brief

RESIDENTS in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork have vowed to oppose construction of Ireland’s first toxic waste…

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O’Brien is the Insider

TV host Pat O’Brien has left his post at Access Hollywood and launched his new…

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O’Byrne in Shanley’s Doubt

Irish-born Tony Award winner Brian O’Byrne will join forces with Irish American Oscar winner John…

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Paris: The City of Lights
Has a Brogue

The master of the steaming griddle performs theatrical flourishes while preparing crêpes or galettes in…

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Paris: The City of Lights Has a Brogue

The master of the steaming griddle performs theatrical flourishes while preparing crêpes or gallettes in…

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Photo Album:
“What’re You Having?”

1939 – Astor Bar, New York My father, Michael Rogers, was a bartender at the…

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Roots: O’Muimhneachain, Moynihan, Moynahan, Minihan

O’Muimhneachain is the old Irish form of the name Moynihan. The name originally came from…

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St. Mary of Sorrows

When you walk among the headstones of the hilltop graveyard of St. Mary of Sorrows,…

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The Abbey Does
Playboy in the U.S.

The Abbey Theatre is in crisis as it makes its centenary tour of the U.S….

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The Apple of Molly’s Eye

Molly Shannon, husband Fritz Chestnut, and one-year-old daughter Stella pose at the Big Apple Fest…

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The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot

On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara…

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The Death and Resurrection
of Inishturbot

On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara…

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The Faithful Fight Back

St. Catherine of Siena is a red brick church with arches for doorways, high vaulted…

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The Future of the
Ambassador Hotel

The battle over what to do with the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles may finally…

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The Importance of Being Oscar’s Mother

Appearing before an Irish-American group in St. Paul, Minnesota on St. Patrick’s Day, 1882, Oscar…

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The Met’s New Pres

Irish-American Emily Kernan Rafferty will become the next president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art….

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The Mighty Mack Family

Player, manager, scout, general manager, owner — Cornelius MacGillicuddy “Connie Mack” — did it all….

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The Thrills

Five lads from Dublin took the rock world by storm in 2003 when they released…

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Tiernan Cracks Up

Irish comedien Tommy Tiernan introduced U.S. audiences to his West of Ireland humor when he…

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U2 Prepares to Drop “Bomb”

After recording, and then misplacing (the demo disappeared during a photo shoot) their long-awaited new…

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FIRST WORD

Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief. First Word: A Different Tune

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Behind the Scenes with Bridget

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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SPECIAL

Photo Album:
“What’re You Having?”

1939 – Astor Bar, New York My father, Michael Rogers, was a bartender at the…

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