Irish America
Irish America
One thousand men of the Irish Legion landed on Venezuela's Margarita Island in August, 1819, after a 4,500-mile sea voyage from Dublin. These soldiers of fortune, many of them recently demobilized veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, now sought fame and adventure in the armies of South America's Liberator, Simón Bolívar. In the years 1819 and 1820, more than 2,100 Irish soldiers … [Read more...] about Venezuela’s Irish Legacy
Ancient Celtic tradition says that a traveler leaving Ireland for a new land must lie down on the stone bench of a saint in order to be spared the pangs of homesickness. Robert Haldane did not lie down on the stone bench of a saint before immigrating to America, and he has not been spared homesickness. Mr. Haldane, 34, is a landscaper and stone wall builder living in Copake … [Read more...] about Tell It to the Stones and They Will Listen
In May of this year, a group of of some 75 photographers from around the world traveled to Ireland. They focused their lenses on the people of Ireland, spanning the island from the Glens of Antrim to the Ring of Kerry, shooting more than 5,000 rolls of film-180,000 photographs in the course of a single 24-hour time period. Of the thousands of photographs taken on that day, 225 … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of Ireland
So there we were in the lower depths of Yankee Stadium, following the dark empty corridor we hoped would lead to the visiting team's dressing room and baseball great, Nolan Ryan. Truly, though, this dark basement did not evoke the mythic view of the sport. No Boys of Summer or Field of Dreams down here but another side of baseball, the wearying travel, the games lost in the … [Read more...] about Nolan Ryan: A Man for All Seasons
With daughter Blanaid now working for Sky Television and son Paudge at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and preparing for his first film part, Beatrice Behan for the first time in her life has time to sit back and take stock and indulge for a change in her own favorite activities. The widow of playwright Brendan Behan says, "I miss the children of course, just as I have … [Read more...] about Life With Brendan: A Talk with Beatrice Behan
