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June/July 2005

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An Icy Thaw for Belfast

In the town of Belfast, the word “Titanic” is still met with downcast eyes and…

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Ballymun Makeover Begins

Visitors to Dublin will notice a major change to the skyline on the next approach…

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Celtic White Gold

Riddle: I am everywhere, but I am difficult to obtain. When I am wet, I…

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Choosing the Green

Everyone knows the story about Eamon de Valera supposedly being spared execution in 1916 because…

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Co-Operation Ireland’s
Annual Dinner

Co-Operation Ireland, a non-partisan charity dedicated to promoting peace throughout all of Northern Ireland and…

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Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins doesn’t harp. She doesn’t fixate, but instead fixes. And though she may have…

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Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

First Word: The Way Forward

There is a sign on the wall at Gleason’s, Brooklyn’s storied boxing gym, posting an…

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From Sectarianism to Racism

The only sign that something happened here last night is the shower of shattered glass…

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GAA Opens Up Croke Park

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) made an historic decision at the organization’s annual congress this…

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Holy Cross, the Untold Story

“There were men and women, over their fences, shouting names and spitting and pulling people’s…

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Interview: Gerry Adams

As we go to press, Northern Ireland is immersed in elections, the outcome of which…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

There seems to be an odd trend spreading throughout Hollywood: Irish actors playing American presidents….

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Irish Heroes of the Vietnam War

At a barbershop in Ringsend, Dublin, hangs a purple heart awarded to Lieutenant John Driver…

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Judge Questions
“Colombia Three” Verdict

Although the whereabouts of the so-called `Colombia Three’ remain a mystery, a judge on the…

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Mayo Gas Terminal
Provokes Concern

Residents in the west of Ireland have voiced concerns about planning authorities giving the go…

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Omagh

Gerard McSorley was traveling the day a bomb shook the foundations of Omagh — his…

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Paddy Whacked

T.J. English didn’t quite know what to expect when he went up to Boston earlier…

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Politics and the Pulitzers

Politics always makes good fodder for art. This year, two Irish-American Pulitzer Prize winners —…

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Remembering
George F. Kennan

1904 – 2005 On March 17, the world lost one of the greatest diplomats of…

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Remembering Frank Conroy

1936-2005 Irish-American author of the classic coming-of-age memoir Stop-Time, Frank Conroy died of colon cancer…

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Report Highlights Change
in Ireland’s Population

A new report produced by the Central Statistics Office in Dublin shows that Ireland is…

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Review of Books

Recommended MYSTERIES OF MY FATHER: An Irish-American Memoir Thomas Fleming Publisher’s Weekly is the bible…

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Roots: O’Flaherty

O’Flaherty (also Flaherty) ancestors have been documented since the time of Christ. One of the…

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Standing Proud

Mary Pat Kelly, director, producer, screenwriter and contributor to Irish America magazine, doesn’t always pick…

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The Boxer

Looking out of a window of the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, John Duddy’s fresh…

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The Clones Colossus
to Take on Iron Mike

On June 11, Irishman Kevin McBride will square off against two-time World Champion Mike Tyson….

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The Galway Arts Festival

Ireland’s changing. Fast. Where once the country stirred up images of threadbare tweed jackets, alcoholism…

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The Irish
Immigrant Experience

  Tucked in a corner of southwest Baltimore, the grand dome of the country’s largest…

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The Irish Scrubwoman

In the days when “No Irish Need Apply,” my maternal grandmother, Margaret McCabe Ackerson, was…

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The Irish Wolfhound

In 1770, Oliver Goldsmith wrote: “The last variety, and the most wonderful of all that…

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The Troubled Life
of Maeve Brennan

In her new biography of Maeve Brennan, Angela Bourke includes two photographs taken around 1948….

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The Troubled Life of Maeve Brennan

In her new biography of Maeve Brennan, Angela Bourke includes two photographs taken around 1948….

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The View to Liberty

Unbeknownst to many, Lady Liberty has a girlfriend. Thanks to the Irish immigrant turned prominent…

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TV’s Newest Bachelor

When the reality TV show “The Bachelor” first aired on ABC, millions of swooning women…

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FIRST WORD

Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief. First Word: The Way Forward

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Interview: Gerry Adams

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

The Irish Scrubwoman

In the days when “No Irish Need Apply,” my maternal grandmother, Margaret McCabe Ackerson, was…

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