Irish America
Irish America
If you were asked in a quiz where you’d find the Blue Stack Mountains, you’d probably say something like “West Virginia? Maybe Wyoming?” were you not acquainted with the name. But they are, in fact, amongst Ireland’s most northerly mountains, ranging roughly from Donegal Town northwards towards Letterkenny. The highest point, Blue Stack itself — a “here I am, here I stand” … [Read more...] about The Northerly Counties on The Wild Side
I am aware you know there is a Santa Claus. There is also a Halloween, a real night of real pookas, witches, goblins, of mischievous wild spirits a-flitting, burning pagan flames against the snapquick velveteen of wild hours between the dying of gentle October, under a fat and Christian moon, and this birthing of harsh November, its frosted soul, its scouring winds from the … [Read more...] about The Other Side: Wild Spirits A-Flitting
When Lord Mountjoy lamented in Parliament in April 1784, “America was lost by Irish emigrants,” he probably had in mind the stunning naval feat of six Irish brothers from Machias, Maine. After Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien, the oldest brother, heard how “embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world” in Concord, he organized the first challenge to supremacy of the … [Read more...] about Jeremiah O’Brien and the American Revolution
He is a Catholic priest, a journalist, and an author who has written scores of books and hundreds of popular and scholarly articles on sociology, education and religion. As Doctor of Social Science at the University of Chicago, he currently heads a research group that focuses on ethnic pluralism and ethnic family structures. But he is best known as one of America's most … [Read more...] about True Confessions: An Interview with Andrew Greeley
He was called the “Little Shadow Catcher” by the Indians, due to his 5’ 5” height and his miraculous ability to capture images on paper. Some whites called Barry the “Sioux Charmer,” due to his friendly relations with many Natives, especially those of historical and topical importance. In the remote 19th-century settings where photographer David F. Barry operated, photographs … [Read more...] about Window on the Past | David F. Barry: The Irish ‘Shadow Catcher’
