An inside look at Ireland's Travelers The children you see in these photographs are Irish Travelers – so called because their families travel about stopping in roadside camps and at the few government-built campsites. Their numbers are estimated to be 25,000. The origins of the Irish "Traveler" also known as "Tinker", has long been in question. Modern scholars suggest that … [Read more...] about In Off the Road
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Brothers in Love
By T.J. English
July/August 1996
Irish American director Ed Burns strikes again with his new movie, She's the One. Anyone concerned that director Ed Burns might suffer a sophomore slump after the phenomenal success of his debut movie, The Brothers McMullen, need not worry. His second film, She's the One, is, if anything, a more self-assured piece of filmmaking. As writer, director and star of the movie, … [Read more...] about Brothers in Love
Can This Man Bring Peace?
By Deáglan de Brádún
July/August 1996
Deáglan de Bréadún reports on former Senator George Mitchell's efforts to resolve the conflict in the North of Ireland. Dear shadows, now you know it all, All the folly of a fight With a common wrong or right. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time. Those words of the Irish poet W.B. Yeats referred to an earlier chapter in our national story: an earlier … [Read more...] about Can This Man Bring Peace?
Green Grows the Centre
By Turlough McConnell
September/October 1995
Companies in the United States seeking global diversity would do well to consider Ireland, now that the International Financial Services Centre is proving to be a solid success. "The sky's the limit." These are the words that Gay Mitchell TD used recently to describe the possibilities for Ireland's economic growth. In a move that strengthened the Irish Government's commitment … [Read more...] about Green Grows the Centre
All Along the River Shannon
By Patricia Tunison Preston
September/October 1995
Patricia Tunison Preston follows the course of Ireland's greatest river as it meanders it way to the sea. For over 25 years, I would encounter the River Shannon's glistening profile as Aer Lingus planes hugged the shoreline in take-off or touch-down at Shannon Airport, or I would drive over the river's many bridges en route from Galway to Dublin and other east-west roads. I'd … [Read more...] about All Along the River Shannon