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1996

Top 100

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Dorothea Lange’s Ireland

All photos © The Dorothea Lange Collection, The Oakland Museum of California, The City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.

March/April 1996

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When photographer Dorothea Lange, best known for her haunting series of images from the Depression era, chose Ireland as her subject in the 1950s, she was not very happy with the way the finished product was presented in Life magazine. She was, however, deeply pleased with the way her photographic series portrayed the people and the land of Ireland.  Lange had put pressure on … [Read more...] about Dorothea Lange’s Ireland

A Magical Music Tour

By Colin Lacey

March/April 1996

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Colin Lacey reviews an eclectic mix of the latest albums on the Irish music scene. Twice as prolific as most performers half his age, Van Morrison shows no sign of slowing down after more than 30 years in the business. How Long Has This Been Going on (Verve/Exile Productions) is Morrison's third album in less than two years and follows last year's critically acclaimed Days … [Read more...] about A Magical Music Tour

The Irish at Sundance

By Kelly Candaele

March/April 1996

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Irish entries with a Northern flavor at the Sundance Film Festival. Park City Utah, home of the increasingly popular Sundance Film Festival, is a long way from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The only thing vaguely Irish in this ski village nestled in the Watsach mountains just east of Salt Lake City is the dark beer served in one of the town's most popular bars. It's called … [Read more...] about The Irish at Sundance

How the Irish Saved Civilization

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
March/April 1996

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Thomas Cahill, author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, talks to Patricia Harty. Thomas Cahill was born one of six children to a middle-class Irish family in the Bronx. He grew up in Queens, New York, attended a Jesuit high school on Long Island, and later became a Jesuit seminarian earning a pontifical and becoming proficient in Latin and Greek – language skills which … [Read more...] about How the Irish Saved Civilization

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