Harry Truman's Irish Links To judge by the rush to claim kinship with him by this year's presidential contenders, Harry S Truman may well be on his way to history's accolade as one of the most effective Presidents of all time. Both Bush and Clinton kicked off the official Labor Day start to the campaign by claiming the Truman legacy. More than any other President with the … [Read more...] about Hibernia
1992
Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
By Patrick Farrelly June 1992
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin' McAliskey was elected to represent the constituency of Mid-Ulster, which includes her home area of East Tyrone. Although she is no longer a Member of Parliament, and her international profile has receded, this radical Republican activist is still a kind of people's tribune in her own embattled nationalist community. Nowadays … [Read more...] about Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
The Irish Derby
By Irish America Staff June 1992
A Message From An Taoiseach The Budweiser Irish Derby is a great sporting occasion, the centerpiece of the Irish horse-racing year and a wonderful advertisement for Irish racing and the Irish bloodstock industry. It attracts thousands of spectators to the ancient Curragh of Kildare, a place where horses have been raced since pre-historic times; and has a television audience … [Read more...] about The Irish Derby
Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
By Mary Pat Kelly June 1992
Writer Mary Pat Kelly and photographer Martin Sheerin visited the Ulster-American Folk Park at Camp Hill, County Tyrone, in the North of Ireland which houses the ancestral home of the Mellon family. "At the end of the day" can be an ominous phrase in Northern parlance, used by politicians and media commentators to sum up the difficulties of ending "the ancient quarrel" that … [Read more...] about Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
The Guys Who Nailed Gotti
By Brian Rohan June 1992
John Gotti blazed onto the criminal scene in a 1986 bloodbath outside a steakhouse in Manhattan, the result of which left him the boss of the most notorious mafia family in the United States. Ever since, he's won folk-hero status as the "Teflon Don," operating freely in the spotlight of the otherwise shadowy underworld, brazenly daring the government to stop him. Many charges … [Read more...] about The Guys Who Nailed Gotti