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December/January 2001

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Book Reviews:
The Latest Irish Books

NON-FICTION The Irish cop is no stereotype. As authors Thomas Reppetto and James Lardner show,…

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Film Forum:
No Non-Irish Need Apply?

Ethnic casting issues in movies. Our moviegoing experience would be much diminished if we had…

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Film Review: Two Family House

Starring Michael Rispoli, Kelly MacDonald, and Kevin Conway. Written and directed by Raymond De Felitta….

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Film Reviews: Tigerland

Starring Colin Farrell. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 20th Century Fox. ℘℘℘ Faster than a speeding…

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Photo Album:
Happy Holidays!

The celebration of Christmas at Rockefeller Center started informally in 1931 when workmen involved in…

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Roots: Using Church Records

To do successful family history research you must know where to look. Knowing the sources…

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The First Word:
The Wealth of Our Heritage

As I write this, the end of the first year of the new millennium is…

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An Irish Pair
Win Emmy Awards

If this year’s Emmy awards are any indication, the Irish still have the market on…

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Bono’s Bandwagon

U2 frontman Bono could be spotted on the east Coast this fall as he visited…

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Dreaming of Freedom

A new exhibit in Boston traces the city’s history as a gateway to the United…

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Educating Martin

How Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness is adjusting to his new role as Northern Ireland’s Minister…

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Get Your Irish Up!
At Galway’s Oyster Festival

It’s early evening and a vast room at Galway’s Corrib Southern Hotel is lined with…

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Healing Heartthrobs

“I have so many pins and bolts in me I feel like Boris Karloff,” Liam…

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Independent TDs Demand Abortion Referendum

Kerry South TD (Member of Parliament) Jackie Healy -Rae has changed his tune and added…

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Las Vegas ROCKS

Maura O’Connell concert benefits U.S.-Ireland Alliance. ℘℘℘ On Friday, September 22, Maura O’Connell performed her…

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Life After Riverdance?

Perish the thought! But it’s a possibility Riverdance producers Moya Doherty and John McColgan are…

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Margaret Mitchell’s
Lasting Gift

Madam, I greet you on the beginning of a great new career.” With these words…

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Martin Sheen’s Enduring Spirit

Actor Martin Sheen was awarded Amnesty International’s Enduring Spirit Award for his tireless dedication to…

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More Millionaire Madness

Millionaire madness has hopped the Atlantic taking firm hold in Ireland with the October debut…

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New and Noteworthy

Actress, model and former MTV VJ, and Irish America Top 100 honoree Karen Duffy, better…

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Olympic Roundup

Sonia’s Silver Ireland brought home only one Olympic medal from the Sydney Games. The country’s…

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Reclining With Kevin

Kevin Kline is seriously funny. Blame it on his Irish side. Settling back into a…

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Seeing Beckett on
the Silver Screen

Film adaptations of two Samuel Beckett plays Not I and Krapp’s Last Tape, were screened…

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Sinn Féin Ordered
to Fly Union Jack

The British government has announced that it will be assuming powers to order Sinn Féin…

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Slainte! The History of Soup

Come fall, the days grow shorter, temperatures drop, and trees shed their leaves. Just as…

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Stars Turn Out For
Concern Gala Evening

The stars came out in October to honor A.M. Rosenthal, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose…

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The Beckett of Paint

“I live, you might say, in gilded squalor,” Dublin-born painter Francis Bacon once remarked, explaining…

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The Ideal Christmas
Gift for Joyce Fans

How’s this for a stocking stuffer? On December 14 Christie’s New York will offer a…

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The Irish in Australia

Commencing with convicts, feared and despised, and followed by free immigrants and settlers, the Irish…

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The King Ranch

How the orphaned son of Irish immigrants ended up owning one of the largest cattle…

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The Punt Takes a Pounding…

If you’re planning a trip to Ireland, now’s the time. The Irish pound has hit…

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Ties That Bind

Two successful Irish Americans share an experience of giving…more than money. ℘℘℘ Mary Pat Lyons…

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Trimble Wins Reprieve And Jeopardizes Good Friday Agreement

Another political crisis in Northern Ireland was narrowly avoided and a new one born when…

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Who’s Rappin’ Now?

Tom Dunphy talks to Chris Byrne of Unity Squad. Chris Byrne is an unrepentant Fenian…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word:
The Wealth of Our Heritage

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Reclining With Kevin

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:
Happy Holidays!

The celebration of Christmas at Rockefeller Center started informally in 1931 when workmen involved in…

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