Irish America
Irish America
If you could count back through enough pairs of grandparents, it could be that you have some genetic ties to that astonishing people, the Celts, whose art, conquests and legends burs forth in vivid profusion in the era of Europe's pre-Christian foundation. An exhibition in the splendid Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy this year sets out gleaming treasury of Celtic achievement … [Read more...] about The Celtic Twilight
No wonder that people involved in the Irish tourism industry are so alive to the value of cultivating business meetings and incentive travel. While other aspects of the travel trade bow to such hazards as tough economic times or terrorist threats to foreign travel, one area that seems resistant to such pressures is incentive/business tourism. If we can define business tourism … [Read more...] about Bring Your Board Meeting to Ireland
Anjelica Huston's portrayal of Maerose in Prizzi's Honor, earned her an Academy Award in 1986. Since then she has starred in Nicolas Roeg's Witches, in Paul Mazursky's Enemies, a Love Story, in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors and most recently as Lily the complex con artist in The Grifters. But perhaps her most poignant performance was as Gretta in the film version of … [Read more...] about Lucky Eyes & High Heart: An Interview with Anjelica Huston
The Burren in northwest Clare, a wild region of bare limestone, vanishing lakes, and surprising wildflowers, is one of Europe's most remarkable habitats. Yet the most diverse and fragile part of it is under threat from the very government body charged with its protection. Controversy over the siting of a visitors' center has ranged from threats to a local resident's life to … [Read more...] about The Battle to Save the Burren
"Irishmen and Irishwomen regard set instinctively as they regard mud" — Arnold Usher Arnold Usher's comment is sadly all too apt. For many of us Irish, sex is merely an instrument for procreation; with proper tillage the soil can be made fertile. But once the job is done it's best to wash up and get back to serious matters. Business. Sport. Talk. And Drink. Things were not … [Read more...] about Sacred Mysteries | The Celtic Way of Sexuality and Love
