Irish America
Irish America
FICTION Every Breath You Take By Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke The latest thriller and newest undertaking in the Under Suspicion series by Mary Higgins Clark, co-authored with Alafair Burke, shows that the author’s talent for weaving an intense, fast-paced suspense story has not diminished in the slightest over the course of her career. The book finds protagonist … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:Our Summer Reading List
Irish America Magazine will welcome Eileen K. Murray, Co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, as keynote speaker at the 21st Irish America Wall Street 50 Awards Dinner, taking place on Wednesday, September 26th at the New York Yacht Club. Ms. Murray has over two decades of Wall Street experience, having held senior leadership roles at Morgan Stanley … [Read more...] about Bridgewater Associates’ Eileen Murray to Deliver Keynote at Irish America Wall Street 50
How the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Aughrim changed Ireland’s religious and political infrastructure so much that we still see its effects over 330 years later. On July 1, 1690, in Oldbridge, County Meath, the Battle of the Boyne took place between William of Orange, the recently crowned King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his Catholic father-in-law, the … [Read more...] about The Boyne and Aughrim
David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue opened for its debut in North America at the Public Theater in New York City on June 25th. Starring Stephen Rea, the play is a discomfiting cross between cathartic and alienating, summoning painful notes of recognition along with a worrisome awareness that everything in this world is just slightly, tragically, off-kilter. Directed by Vicky … [Read more...] about Cyprus Avenue’s Stroll Off-Broadway
How an Irish tailor named Hercules Mulligan, and his accomplice, and his African accomplice, twice saved George Washington from capture during the Revolutionary War. Hercules Mulligan was born in Coleraine, of what was then called County Londonderry to Episcopalians Hugh and Sarah Mulligan, on September 25, 1740. Six years later, the Mulligan family immigrated to New York, … [Read more...] about Hercules Mulligan: Tailor, Patriot, Spy
