Irish America
Irish America
Names such as Kelly, Murphy, O'Brien and Ryan are distinctively Irish and are widely known to be so. However, there are many names which are Irish but this fact is far from obvious. Names such as Holland, King, Waters, Rabbitte, Woods, Smith, Kidney, Bird, Salmon, Moore, Traynor, Moss, Fox and Dean and many others can be of Irish origin due to some strange evolutions of … [Read more...] about Roots: That’s Not an Irish Name!
The Comstock Lode provided over half the silver ever mined in the United States but the Irishmen who discovered it weren't quite as lucky as one might think. By Jim Sullivan. Between 1850 and 1860 the numbers of Irish arriving on the shores of America rose from 206,041 to an incredible 1,611,304! Packed into the slums of New York City's East Side and Boston's North End, many … [Read more...] about (Un)lucky Strike
Twenty-five years ago the hopes of a nation were shattered as Robert Kennedy lay dying, his final words "Is everyone else all right?" reflecting the person that he was. On June 6 a "Mass for Courage and Reconciliation" was held to mark his anniversary. Patricia Harty reports. The crowd of some 18,000 who had gathered at Arlington Cemetery fell silent as Ethel Kennedy and her … [Read more...] about Remembering Bobby
Denise Hall, an American journalist, gave up the fast-track for the briar paths in a remote corner of Ireland. I lived in Los Angeles for ten years. For three of those years, I worked for the legendary National Enquirer, and I was definitely ready for a change. It wasn't just the lurking behind palm trees in expensive Beverly Hills restaurants that eventually got to me. I … [Read more...] about An American in Ireland
The dream of Lewis and Loretta Brennan Glucksmat I finally became a reality in late April with the opening of their cultural center, Ireland House, at New York University, with Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds performing the official opening. The house was opened to the public when the ribbons fell, and various luminaries including poet Seamus Heaney, flautist James Galway, … [Read more...] about Hibernia
