On September 12, 2013, Irish America magazine celebrated the 16th Annual Wall Street 50 awards. The Wall Street 50 honors the best and brightest Irish-American leaders in finance, celebrated in the October/November 2013 issue of Irish America. At this year's awards dinner, Irish America was delighted to welcome Jim O'Donnell, Managing Director and Global Head of Investor … [Read more...] about Photos from the 2013 Wall Street 50
Keeping the Faith: Jim O’Donnell
By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
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WALL STREET 50 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW With his strong foundation in family and faith, Citi’s Head of Investor Sales and Relationship Management inspires confidence and provides a different perspective on Wall Street. Anyone who thinks banking is a soulless profession has never met Jim O’Donnell. Raised in Seaford, Long Island, one of four children of a financial services … [Read more...] about Keeping the Faith: Jim O’Donnell
The First Word: Faugh A Ballagh
By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner, from Requiem for a Nun (1950) Irish America’s impact on the history of America is well established, as the articles in this issue will attest. From titans of industry such as the silver king John Mackay, to the boxer John Morrissey, who was behind the fabled racecourse at Saratoga Springs, and on to … [Read more...] about The First Word: Faugh A Ballagh
Bog Body from Laois Officially World’s Oldest
By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
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The naturally mummified body of a young adult male found in the Cúl na Móna bog in Cashel, Co. Laois is officially the oldest fleshed human remains ever discovered in the world. It dates back roughly 4,000 years, or 700 years before Egypt’s Tutankhamun. The body, discovered in 2011 by a Bord na Móna worker, was originally presumed to be that of a young Iron Age female and … [Read more...] about Bog Body from Laois Officially World’s Oldest
U.S. Congressmen Visit Ireland to Discuss Undocumented
By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
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On the heels of the U.S. Senate’s passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in June, 12 congressmen traveled to Ireland in early August to meet with Fine Gael TD Pat Breen about the estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants currently living in the United States. Breen, who is chairman of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee, is scheduled to lead a delegation … [Read more...] about U.S. Congressmen Visit Ireland to Discuss Undocumented