Irish America
Irish America
The Irish Take Broadway Brian Friel has been writing significant and respected plays ever since he captured the hearts and funnybones of the public with Philadelphia, Here I Come!, his first international success, in 1968. But it is with his latest, Dancing at Lughnasa, that he achieved the kind of success that leaves even him awed. For two years now it has been a steady hit … [Read more...] about Dancing at Lughnasa
Although the Irish Georgian Society has many admirers here in the United States, in my view it lacks sufficient appreciation and support on its native soil, (We Irish Americans are always quick to recommend appropriate behavior to our cousins back home.) The Society was founded some thirty years ago by the Honorable Desmond Guinness, resident of the village of Leixlip, in … [Read more...] about The Irish Georgian Society
Read about Dr. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, Chairman and C.E.O. of H.J. Heinz, in Fortune or The New York Times and you will discover how his executive skills propelled him from a position on the Dairy Board of Ireland to head of a global food processing company that manufactures its products in 15 countries and sells them in 200. Read media journals and you will find out about … [Read more...] about Irish American of the Year: Anthony J.F. O’Reilly
This month we are featuring the families of our new Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Albert Reynolds, and our previous Taoiseach Charles Haughey. Both names are Gaelic in origin and both exemplify the interesting variation in name-forms which can occur in the change of Gaelic names to an anglicized form. Although Reynolds is also an English name of Norman origin, almost all of the … [Read more...] about Roots: Reynolds and Haughey
Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an audience with Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S. has just entered World War II. Cohan feels left behind by a generation that doesn't remember the days when he dominated Broadway, first in his family's … [Read more...] about “Over There”
