Irish America
Irish America
STEPHEN JOYCE has visualized his legendary grandfather, the author of Ulysses, as gazing down from literary heaven, transported as he surveys the manifestations of his monumental prominence in modern letters. When contemplating the celebration of Bloomsday this coming June 16 in Ireland, America, and presumably other parts of the planet as well, a day when scholars, students, … [Read more...] about A Stroll with Joyce on Bloomsday
Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915, in the small Polish town of Rzhnoi. In his family he was known by the nickname "Itzel." The first name Shamir chose for himself in the underground was "Michael"-an interesting choice, for Shamir took the name from the Irish underground fighter Michael Collins, whom he … [Read more...] about Hibernia
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin' McAliskey was elected to represent the constituency of Mid-Ulster, which includes her home area of East Tyrone. Although she is no longer a Member of Parliament, and her international profile has receded, this radical Republican activist is still a kind of people's tribune in her own embattled nationalist community. Nowadays … [Read more...] about Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
A Message From An Taoiseach The Budweiser Irish Derby is a great sporting occasion, the centerpiece of the Irish horse-racing year and a wonderful advertisement for Irish racing and the Irish bloodstock industry. It attracts thousands of spectators to the ancient Curragh of Kildare, a place where horses have been raced since pre-historic times; and has a television audience … [Read more...] about The Irish Derby
Writer Mary Pat Kelly and photographer Martin Sheerin visited the Ulster-American Folk Park at Camp Hill, County Tyrone, in the North of Ireland which houses the ancestral home of the Mellon family. "At the end of the day" can be an ominous phrase in Northern parlance, used by politicians and media commentators to sum up the difficulties of ending "the ancient quarrel" that … [Read more...] about Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
