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Photo Album: All in the Family

Submitted by Luke B. Noone, Brooklyn, NY
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by 1 Comment

1972: The Noone Family, Brooklyn. Little did Luke Noone and Mary Ellen Doherty dream when they left Ireland that they would leave a legacy of five children, 20 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren – a total of 55 good-looking, God-fearing Narrowbacks (as Luke often referred to his family). Luke emigrated from Curramaeigh, Kilkerrin, Co. Galway in 1922 at 20 years of … [Read more...] about Photo Album: All in the Family

Bono’s African Journey

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Bono wants a major rethink on U.S. foreign policy regarding Africa. The Dubliner and frontman for U2 feels that aid can work but only if the burden of debt is removed, and he took his argument to U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. When Bob Geldof roused the Western world out of indifference about starvation in Ethiopia, much was made of the fact that he was Irish. The … [Read more...] about Bono’s African Journey

Postcards From the Edge

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Although she takes her husband's surname, Ali Hewson has always shied away from publicity generated by marriage to rock star Bono, the frontman of U2, and while he carries on his war against world debt, she concentrates on nuclear fallout closer to home.  ℘℘℘ Anna Gabriel is excited. Having changed from her customary jeans and T-shirt into a velvet frock the nine-year-old is … [Read more...] about Postcards From the Edge

The First Word:
Window on the World

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

On July 11, 2001 we gathered at the Windows on the World on top of the World Trade Center for our annual Wall Street 50 bash. The guests, senior members and a smattering of women excepting, were mostly young men in their 30s. I talked to John Ryan Jr. and kidded him about his mother giving him a hard time over the Hawaiian shirt he wore for his bio pic. Ryan and his friends, … [Read more...] about The First Word:
Window on the World

Kate Dillon

By Siobhán Tracey, Contributor
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Kate Dillon wears many hats. In addition to her work in the world of fashion, she is spokesperson for the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action and co-founder of Echo, a children's organization committed to teaching social consciousness through art. Dillon is both beautiful and very much in proportion at five feet eleven inches and 175 pounds, yet she has … [Read more...] about Kate Dillon

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April 30, 1971

On this day in 1971, popular Irish novelist John Boyne was born in Dublin. Boyne is best known for his 2006 release The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, which is narrated by a 6-year-old German boy whose father is a Nazi Commandant at Auschwitz during WWII. The book held the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 5 million copies around the world, and was made into a major motion picture. Boyne attended Trinity College, Dublin and studied creative writing in the University of East Anglia’s highly regarded program. When he was just starting out as a writer, he worked at Waterstones Books in Dublin and wrote at night. He is the author of 9 novels – most recently a work titled The Absolutist.

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