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Art Review: An Alternative Reality

By Frances Haines

July/August 1991

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"Patrick Graham is a powerful and poetic artist. This man is real. He's the artist to watch in the 1990's.” So says Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, now editor for Connoisseur. Graham's impact on Irish art is without precedent, and his work is increasingly arousing a dramatic response in the U.S. In 1986 he exhibited with four Irish … [Read more...] about Art Review: An Alternative Reality

Soccer – A No Score in the U.S.A.

By Michael Scanlon

July/August 1991

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Why don't Americans like soccer? Well, not exactly all Americans – just most of them. Ask your average baseball fan where the next World Cup is being held.. Most likely he'll give you a big shrug. Explain to him that three-quarters of the globe goes into a frothy fever over the World Cup, that it draws a crowd of 2.6 million people and is broadcast to 170 countries and he'll … [Read more...] about Soccer – A No Score in the U.S.A.

Blazes Boylan

Compiled by Brian Rohan

July/August 1991

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Irish Man in Space At 8:24 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, Bryan Daniel O'Connor, became the first Irish citizen to ever travel in outer space. It was a smooth takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Colonel O'Connor, who was the commander of the 8-member crew on board, had been in space before, as pilot of the Atlantis … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan

Masks of Transformation

By Irish America Staff

July/August 1991

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Report on the Second Annual W.B. Yeats International Theatre Festival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, August 2-25, 1990. The Abbey Theatre's second Yeats International Theatre Festival, "Masks of Transformation," was named one of the artistic highlights of 1990 by the Sunday Tribune of Dublin, Ireland. The Festival featured three powerful Yeats plays, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The … [Read more...] about Masks of Transformation

Roots: Researching Irish Ancestry

By Dr. James G. Ryan

May 1991

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A significant number of Americans feel the urge each year to find out exactly who their Irish ancestors are. And those who are prepared to make the effort, can find themselves involved in a fascinating hobby. One of the many joys of family research is that it allows you to put your family into a historical context. A great number of the Irish in America are there because of … [Read more...] about Roots: Researching Irish Ancestry