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April May 1999 Issue


The United Irishmen and their American Legacy

By Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
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February / March 2016 Originally published in April / May 1999

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When the rebellion of 1798 failed, many of The United Irishmen, including Thomas Addis Emmet, came to the United States where their influence was enormous. You may well wonder why a historian of the United States should presume to write about the United Irishmen of 1798. There are two reasons: one personal, the other historical. The personal reason is that I had the great good … [Read more...] about
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The Mammy

By Kelly Candaele

April / May 1999

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Anjelica Huston looks calm and comfortable as a makeup artist applies a touch of lipstick before a midnight promotional photo shoot in Dublin, Ireland. She is up late on a drizzly Friday night completing the last few "emotional" shots on her new movie The Mammy, based on a novel of the same name by Brendan O'Carroll, a film that she is both starring in and directing. The movie … [Read more...] about The Mammy

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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

By Malachy McCourt

April / May 1999

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America, or to be more precise the United States, needs logo imagery for its memories to be flashed on the screen of the mind. The name Nixon prompts a flash to an awkward man doing the victory sign; Kennedy...grace, charm and the quip; La Guardia...pudgy little man reading the "funnies" on radio. Tammany? Oh yeah, a bunch of cigar-chomping, beerswilling Micks on the take, … [Read more...] about Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

Super Bowl Shanahan

By Kieran McConnellogue

April / May 1999

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One of the most recognizable football coaches in America became an anonymous tourist last summer when he took a golf vacation in the land of his ancestors. But things might be different the next time Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan returns to Ireland. When his team won its second-straight Super Bowl on January 31, the coach's face was seen by an estimated 800 million … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Shanahan

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