Irish America
Irish America
In May of this year, a group of of some 75 photographers from around the world traveled to Ireland. They focused their lenses on the people of Ireland, spanning the island from the Glens of Antrim to the Ring of Kerry, shooting more than 5,000 rolls of film-180,000 photographs in the course of a single 24-hour time period. Of the thousands of photographs taken on that day, 225 … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of Ireland
So there we were in the lower depths of Yankee Stadium, following the dark empty corridor we hoped would lead to the visiting team's dressing room and baseball great, Nolan Ryan. Truly, though, this dark basement did not evoke the mythic view of the sport. No Boys of Summer or Field of Dreams down here but another side of baseball, the wearying travel, the games lost in the … [Read more...] about Nolan Ryan: A Man for All Seasons
This month marks a seminal event in the history of the Irish in America. Shortly after 12.01 on October 14 at a post office box in Washington, D.C., the first lrish applications for the new Morrison visas will be received and a 25-year nightmare will end. Back in 1965 when the last immigration reform act was passed, the Irish, like people from other Western European … [Read more...] about First Word: A Seminal Month for Irish America
