Robert P. Gannon President, Chairman and CEO The Montana Power Company Revenue: $1.2 billion Employees: 2,906 Before joining Montana Power in 1974 as an attorney, Bob Gannon served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Montana for two years and as an assistant U.S. attorney for another two and a half years. A native of Butte, Montana, Gannon is chairman of the … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: R. Gannon – M. Gibbons
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The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: J. Keyes – T. Lynch
James W. Keyes Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 7-Eleven, Inc. Revenue: $7.35 billion Employees: 30, 325 worldwide James W. Keyes was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of 7-Eleven, Inc. in 1998. His responsibilities include company store operations, merchandising (including sales and marketing), logistics, information systems and … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: J. Keyes – T. Lynch
Sláinte: Breakfast at Brennan’s
The most misunderstood metropolis in the United States is New Orleans. Mention the city and the mind instantly provides Francophile associations. The French Quarter is its most famous neighborhood, France's pre-Lenten Mardi Gras celebration is the biggest annual bash, and Fleurs de Lis flutter on the municipal flag. Regardless of popular thinking, New Orleans could as easily … [Read more...] about Sláinte: Breakfast at Brennan’s
A Night to Remember
Frank McCourt's second book, 'Tis, follows, where Angela's Ashes leaves off with the young Limerick man making his way in New York. In the following excerpt, Frank's pal Paddy McGovern takes him to an Irish dance hall. Paddy Arthur McGovern warns me that if I keep on listening to that noisy jazz music I'll wind up like the Lennon brothers so American I'll forget I’m Irish … [Read more...] about A Night to Remember
Why Famine Came To Ireland
Thomas Cahill writes on the great catastrophe that became known as the Famine. The mass exodus of people during and following this period would forever change the course of Irish and American history. The potato blight that arrived in Europe in the summer of 1845 was, like the potato itself, an American export. The fungus that caused the blight was a microscopic organism … [Read more...] about Why Famine Came To Ireland