Irish America
Irish America
A major breakthrough by an Irish research team in identifying the gene that causes the inherited eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa promises new hope for millions. Tucked well in behind the famous landmark of Trinity College, Dublin, is the small and rather dilapidated home of the University's Department of Genetics. The department that just a few months ago won worldwide … [Read more...] about A Cure in Sight
The Boston Celtics are probably the most famous basketball club in the world. Since its formation in 1946, it has brought success, fame, and glory to the city. However, the Celtics' winning team is now in transition and the changes that face the club could pose difficult times ahead. A Working Day at Boston Garden The ice floor and the hockey goals from last night have been … [Read more...] about A Day in the Long Life of the Boston Celtics
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
"It is distressing, and saddening," said Senator Edward Kennedy about the movie JFK. "Obviously it's a very painful experience to have, you know, the advertisements, the pictures, the scenes," Kennedy told an interviewer on WGMC-TV. The memory of the assassination of a much-loved President is distressing and saddening to all of us. Oliver Stone's movie drew fire even before it … [Read more...] about JFK The Movie
There is a lovely story told about a day in the hospitable south of Ireland when a couple of American tourists rolled into the car-park of Lahinch golf club in a gleaming, rented limo. When they asked if a club member might be available to accompany them on their round, a caddie was dispatched up the village to fetch the local butcher. He duly arrived and when the game got … [Read more...] about The Green, Green Greens of Home
