Irish America
Irish America
Aimee Mullins has already packed more into her 22 years than many people twice or even three times her age have achieved. Olympic athlete, model, dean's list student, public speaker...she'll try anything at least once, and the fact that she is a double below-the-knee amputee is almost incidental. Born without fibulas, the long bones connecting the knees to the ankles, Mullins … [Read more...] about Chasing Aimee
Ice hockey is not traditionally regarded as a sport in which the Irish have had much input, but history records a large number of Malones, Clancys and Sullivans as having been hockey heroes. Today, their legend lives on through the likes of Brendan Shanahan and Colleen Coyne. John Kernaghan looks at past and present Irish ice personalities. In repose, leaning on his hockey … [Read more...] about The Irish on Ice
After almost 18 months on the New York Times bestseller list, Angela's Ashes is still up there in the top five, dancing around form number one down to two or three, maybe hitting on four for a spot, but then working its way back up to the first or second spot. Across the Atlantic in Ireland, the hardcover and the paperback versions are both selling like hot cakes, consistently … [Read more...] about McCourt’s Magic Touch
It's the Irish thing again. You're not allowed to go careering around God's globe boasting about your own or your family's great accomplishments and doughty doings. In a dead moment in a pub or saloon, indulgence might be extended to a short bit on what the mother said, or the da did, or what the sister was a terror for, but that would be the extent of it. And, as noted all … [Read more...] about The Brother
Irish settlers and their contribution in the formation and development of the Lone Star State. Irish immigration to Texas is so old that it has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and the marriage of Isabella I of Castile to Ferdinand II of Aragon. The union of the two Spanish Provinces, and the subsequent expulsion of the Moors after the Battle of Granada, paved the way for … [Read more...] about The Irish in Texas
