Irish America
Irish America
On reading the correspondence of central early twentieth-century literary figures such as W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce, one finds the name of John Quinn appearing as a kind of oblique leitmotif, and his function seems to be as some sort of agent or patron or perhaps both. This shadowiness is at least in part his own creation, for Quinn … [Read more...] about The Mighty Quinn
"The United States of America is very much alive to the threat from the European Community" declares Jim Dewhurst in his book Your Business 1992. The EC is the largest trading partner for the U.S., taking around 25 percent of total U.S. exports and providing just under 20 percent of U.S. imports. Politicians in all 12 member states have been busy extolling the merits of … [Read more...] about Investing in Ireland: The Pros & Cons of a Single Europe
Danny Treanor looks and acts like all the other Treanors now. But once he was the best boy soprano in Ireland. You would not think it to look at him now. But once an angel lived in his throat, for such a short time, the lifespan of a lark maybe, and then the angel went away and the following evening Danny's mother went away too, in the winter darkness, taking the brown leather … [Read more...] about A Mother’s Heartbreak
Though it is often overlooked, Louisiana played an early and important role in the story of the Irish in America. Michael P. Cahill reviews the Irish – as well as the Anglo-Irish, Scotch-Irish, Franco-Irish and Spanish-Irish – influences in the Mississippi Delta. It is no secret that the Irish have played a major part in the history of the United States. It is, however, often … [Read more...] about The Geese Who Flew South
The 20th anniversary of the civil rights protests in Northern Ireland is concluded, leaving the memory of hopeful time followed by a legacy of violent strife. Joseph Patrick Doherty offers a uniquely personal perspective on the dreams and hopes that were. 1968 was a memorable year. The riots in Paris, the Tet offensive in Vietnam, Soviet armies advancing on a Prague Spring … [Read more...] about Hopes & Dreams that were
