Harry Truman's Irish Links To judge by the rush to claim kinship with him by this year's presidential contenders, Harry S Truman may well be on his way to history's accolade as one of the most effective Presidents of all time. Both Bush and Clinton kicked off the official Labor Day start to the campaign by claiming the Truman legacy. More than any other President with the … [Read more...] about Hibernia
In This Issue 1992
Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
By Mary Pat Kelly June 1992
Writer Mary Pat Kelly and photographer Martin Sheerin visited the Ulster-American Folk Park at Camp Hill, County Tyrone, in the North of Ireland which houses the ancestral home of the Mellon family. "At the end of the day" can be an ominous phrase in Northern parlance, used by politicians and media commentators to sum up the difficulties of ending "the ancient quarrel" that … [Read more...] about Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
The Guys Who Nailed Gotti
By Brian Rohan June 1992
John Gotti blazed onto the criminal scene in a 1986 bloodbath outside a steakhouse in Manhattan, the result of which left him the boss of the most notorious mafia family in the United States. Ever since, he's won folk-hero status as the "Teflon Don," operating freely in the spotlight of the otherwise shadowy underworld, brazenly daring the government to stop him. Many charges … [Read more...] about The Guys Who Nailed Gotti
First Word: The Bishops at the Bat
There are far worse offenses for a Bishop than falling in love and having a baby as Galway's Eamonn Casey did. Far less forgivable is the appropriation of diocesan funds for child support payments. Whatever the ultimate truth of the matter, Casey's ordeal cast Ireland into the world headlines in a manner unseen in recent times. That, combined with the recent splurge of … [Read more...] about First Word: The Bishops at the Bat
Far and Away
By Mary Pat Kelly May 1992
He was only four years old — flying across the Atlantic to his first acting job in Vienna, Austria. We would come to know him well, first as O.P. on Mayberry R.F.D. and The Andy Griffith Show, and then as a high school senior in American Graffiti and Happy Days, holding onto the 50s in a world transformed. As a grown-up director, he mastered the craft that always fascinated … [Read more...] about Far and Away