Irish America
Irish America
Irish Man in Space At 8:24 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, Bryan Daniel O'Connor, became the first Irish citizen to ever travel in outer space. It was a smooth takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Colonel O'Connor, who was the commander of the 8-member crew on board, had been in space before, as pilot of the Atlantis … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
Report on the Second Annual W.B. Yeats International Theatre Festival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, August 2-25, 1990. The Abbey Theatre's second Yeats International Theatre Festival, "Masks of Transformation," was named one of the artistic highlights of 1990 by the Sunday Tribune of Dublin, Ireland. The Festival featured three powerful Yeats plays, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The … [Read more...] about Masks of Transformation
The Declaration of Independence was written in the hand of Irish-born Charles Thomson. First read to the people by John Nixon, another native of Ireland. Printed by John Dunlap also born in Ireland. Signed by at least three people of Irish birth: James Smith, George Taylor and Matthew Thornton. And at least five other signers had Irish-born parents or grandparents: Thomas … [Read more...] about Hibernia | The Irish Contribution to America’s Independence
I am in the Mayo town of Ballaghaderreen on a June day, l am here because this town has more pubs, it is said, than any other town in the West of Ireland. For a drinking population of about seven or eight hundred people there are 42 pubs and one hotel, which has a bar, and two off-licences where you can buy takeaway booze. It is the Court day in the town and one of the cases … [Read more...] about The Other Side | Pub Crawling in the West
