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Investing in Ireland: The Pros & Cons of a Single Europe

By James Morrisey

May 1992

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"The United States of America is very much alive to the threat from the European Community" declares Jim Dewhurst in his book Your Business 1992. The EC is the largest trading partner for the U.S., taking around 25 percent of total U.S. exports and providing just under 20 percent of U.S. imports. Politicians in all 12 member states have been busy extolling the merits of … [Read more...] about Investing in Ireland: The Pros & Cons of a Single Europe

The Geese Who Flew South

By Michael P. Cahill

January 1989

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Though it is often overlooked, Louisiana played an early and important role in the story of the Irish in America. Michael P. Cahill reviews the Irish ~ as well as the Anglo-Irish, Scotch-Irish, Franco-Irish and Spanish-Irish ~ influences in the Mississippi Delta. It is no secret that the Irish have played a major part in the history of the United States. It is, however, often … [Read more...] about The Geese Who Flew South

“Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
November 1987

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When Shivaun O'Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have followed that meeting, she has kept in close contact with Beckett, now recognized as one of the leading 20th century playwrights, whose dark visions of life inspired a revolutionary stage movement called … [Read more...] about “Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett

“Over There”

By Mary Pat Kelly

February 1992

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Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an audience with Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S. has just entered World War II. Cohan feels left behind by a generation that doesn't remember the days when he dominated Broadway, first in his family's … [Read more...] about “Over There”

Blazes Boylan

Compiled by Emer Mullins

September October 1993

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In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island, Annie McCarrick, who had mysteriously disappeared from her Dublin home on March 26. Although her parents, John and Nancy, spent weeks in Ireland looking for clues, they were unable to find any trace of their daughter despite an enormous countrywide manhunt. Subsequent reports indicate that … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan