Award-winning neurosurgeon, immunologist, and inventor Dr. Kevin Tracey will give the keynote address at Irish America's annual Healthcare / Life Sciences 50 dinner on September 12 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. ℘℘℘ Irish America magazine will host award-winning neurosurgeon and immunologist Dr. Kevin Tracey, an explorer on the frontier of a new, hybrid field – … [Read more...] about This Man Is the Future of Medicine
Fathers of Influence
By Irish America Staff
In honor of Father's Day, a collection of quotes from daughters on their fathers. “My dad was in WWII, and Korea. He wanted to go to Vietnam but did not. He felt that when the country needed you, you better stand up and go serve it, and he was heartbroken by what happened in WWII to people in the concentration camps. He never really talked about it at all to me, but I … [Read more...] about Fathers of Influence
Rolling Thunder’s Last Ride
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln (quote on the home page of Rolling Thunder's website) The Rolling Thunder “Ride for Freedom” will ride through D.C. one last time on Sunday, May 26. After 31 straight years Artie Muller, founder and executive director of the … [Read more...] about Rolling Thunder’s Last Ride
Maggie Holland
Maggie Holland hails from Burlingame, California, and graduated from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development in May 2018, where she majored in Media, Culture, and Communication and was a Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. She works as an assistant editor and social media coordinator for Irish America magazine and is a third-generation … [Read more...] about Maggie Holland
Striking Gold – Transcontinental Railroad Turns 150
Irish contributions to American history received a special recognition this week. The 150th anniversary of connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad was commemorated in a two-day celebration in Utah May 9 and 10 at Promontory Point, the state landmark where the Golden Spike connecting the track’s east and west branches was struck on May 10, 1869. The railroad was six years … [Read more...] about Striking Gold – Transcontinental Railroad Turns 150