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1999

The Bard of Ireland

By Colin Lacey
February / March 1999

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Collin Lacey interviewed author Morgan Llywelyn, who has created an entire body of work chronicling the Celts, and Ireland, from the earliest times to the present day. Brown eyes glinting in the low afternoon light, best-selling Irish author Morgan Llywelyn draws herself up straight in an armchair in her rural North Dublin home, and turns several shades of indignant. You get … [Read more...] about The Bard of Ireland

Flyfishing? Golf? Both!

By Joseph Scott
February / March 1999

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A vacation at any of a number of golf/angling resorts in Ireland can enable the sporting couple to enjoy two favorite daytime activities together – or apart. Some visitors to Ireland are surprised that the meadows really are as green as those pictured in the Birnbaum Guide. Others are surprised that the stout really is fresher than in Boston, New York, or Chicago. As a … [Read more...] about Flyfishing? Golf? Both!

Winging Her Way to Stardom

By Jill Fergus, Contributor
February / March 1999

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An interview with Touched by an Angel star Roma Downey It's a little after seven on a chilly evening last fall and a few hundred people are assembled at Gallagher's, the famous Theater District restaurant in Manhattan, for a fund-raiser organized by the Omagh Relief Fund. Sharply dressed men and women are listening to various speakers from the Irish community, one of whom is … [Read more...] about Winging Her Way to Stardom

Man of Peace

By Kelly Candaele, Contributor
February / March 1999

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John Hume, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize, is interviewed by Kelly Candaele. John Hume is the rarest of political figures. For over thirty years he has doggedly pursued peace in Northern Ireland, initially as a civil rights activist in Derry, his hometown, and later as leader of the largest nominally Catholic political party in Northern Ireland, the Social Democratic and … [Read more...] about Man of Peace

Irish Friends on Capitol Hill

By Brian Dooley, Contributor
February / March 1999

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The Impact of the Election Results on Irish Issues With one or two notable exceptions, the November 1998 elections saw those politicians most influential on Irish affairs safely re-elected to their posts and preparing for action on Irish issues in the new Congress. Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Representatives Peter King and James Walsh of New York, Richard Neal of … [Read more...] about Irish Friends on Capitol Hill

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June 16, 1904

Historically known as Bloomsday, June 16, 1904 marks the day during which all of Joyce’s Ulysses takes place. Joyce chose the date as a way to commemorate his first date with Nora Barnacle. “Bloomsday” was not established until 1954, on the 50th anniversary of the book’s events. In Dublin, several people dress in costume and retrace Leopold Bloom’s route through Dublin. Landmarks, like Davey Byrne’s pub are visited. Readings of the book are also a common event of the day.

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