Archive
September 1991
The Battle to Save the Burren
By Pat Musick September 1991
The Burren in northwest Clare, a wild region of bare limestone, vanishing lakes, and surprising wildflowers, is one of Europe's most remarkable habitats. Yet the most diverse and fragile part of it is under threat from the very government body charged with its protection. Controversy over the siting of a visitors' center has ranged from threats to a local resident's life to … [Read more...] about The Battle to Save the Burren
July/August 1991
Ireland House
By Mary Pat Kelly July/August 1991
Sometimes it all just works. Or as Shannery O'Connor wrote, quoting Teilhard de Chardin, "Everything that rises must converge." It did— rise and converge that is—at about 1:35 p.m. during the lunch held at New York University on May 20 to announce the establishment of Ireland House, the University's new center for Irish studies, made possible by a grant from Lewis L. Glucksman … [Read more...] about Ireland House