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Irish America

June 1991

The British Broadcast Ban, The Media and the Conflict in Northern Ireland

By Lesley Henderson, David Miller, Jacqueline Reilly / University of Glasgow Media Group

June 1991

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On October 19, 1988 the British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, imposed unprecedented peace time restrictions on broadcasting. The banning of direct interviews with eleven Irish organizations, including Sinn Féin, a legal political party with elected councillors and an MP at Westminster, was widely condemned. This article documents the effect of the restrictions on British TV … [Read more...] about The British Broadcast Ban, The Media and the Conflict in Northern Ireland

The Irish in Country: Putting the Celtic Fringe on the Music Charts

By James Ring Adams

June 1991

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Just hours before winning a Grammy, country singer Kathy Mattea reminisced about her first meeting two years earlier with her current musical hero. "We went to the show and we were doing the whole bit about trying to get backstage. It was such a role reversal." she said. "I felt like a groupic." Ms. Mattea, one of the hottest names in Nashville, wasn't trying to crash the … [Read more...] about The Irish in Country: Putting the Celtic Fringe on the Music Charts

Roots: Doherty or O’Doherty

By James G. Ryan

May/June 1995

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The Doherty or O'Doherty name has many variations, including (O) Dougherty, Daugherty, Docherty and Doharty. The name, derived from the Gaelic O'Dochartaigh, means (descended) from Dochartach. Dochartach was a descendant of the infamous "Niall of the Nine Hostages," who was king of Ireland in the fourth century. Tradition has it that Niall was responsible for bringing Saint … [Read more...] about Roots: Doherty or O’Doherty

First Word: Good News from Ireland

By Niall O’Dowd, Founding Publisher
June 1991

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Newspaper editors teil you that the public never want to read the good news, but for once I think the success story that the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) has become is well worth recounting. The United States spends just one-quarter of one percent of its massive foreign aid appropriations on Ireland, according to the latest figures from Washington. That worked out to … [Read more...] about First Word: Good News from Ireland

The Irish in Country | Donegal’s Danny Boy

By Debbie McGoldrick

June 1991

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What exactly is it about singing sensation Daniel O'Donnell that makes people feel so passionately about him? Daniel's fans—and there are millions of them, all over the world—would absolutely live and die for him. They flock to his concerts in record numbers, and make his album and video sales reach the same lofty heights as pop icons Madonna and New Kids on the … [Read more...] about The Irish in Country | Donegal’s Danny Boy