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August September 2003 Issue

Gregory Peck: A Class Act

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by 1 Comment

Gregory Peck.

 In June 1997, Peck, who rarely gave interviews in his last years, sat down with Irish America Editor Patricia Harty. An edited version of that interview follows. "Will you pour?" The gentleman sitting across from me cracked a smile as I nodded and lifted the teapot, wondering if I would be able to complete the task without making a fool of myself. I felt as if I was in a … [Read more...] about Gregory Peck: A Class Act

First Word: Heroes for Our Time

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

"You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea. ... You cannot confine it in the strongest prison cell that your slaves could ever build." – Sean O'Casey on the death of Thomas Ashe. ℘℘℘ Just as I was getting annoyed that no one on the Larry King tribute to Gregory Peck mentioned the actor's Irishness, he mentioned it himself. "It must be that Irish stubborn streak in me," … [Read more...] about First Word: Heroes for Our Time

The Life of John Walsh

By Louise Carroll, Contributor
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by 2 Comments

John Walsh- Photo by Kit DeFever.

John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted and The John Walsh Show, talks about his family, his television shows, his thoughts on Ireland, and his tireless crusading. ℘℘℘ Before he was a TV icon, crime-fighter, father of a murdered child, legislative harbinger and "the guy in the leather jacket," John Walsh was an Irish-American everyman. Born in 1945 to Mary Jean Callahan and … [Read more...] about The Life of John Walsh

Irish Films Wow New York Audiences…and Bono & Daniel Smoke Outside

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Aidan Quinn.

At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in May, two Irish movies quickly sold out: Jim Sheridan's In America and Aidan Quinn's Song for a Raggy Boy. Sheridan's movie, based on his own experience as a recently arrived immigrant to New York, left not a dry eye in the house. Release date is set for November. Quinn's movie meanwhile is set in an Irish reform school for boys … [Read more...] about Irish Films Wow New York Audiences…and Bono & Daniel Smoke Outside

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirann 2003

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Tipperary expects over 200,000 for Irish music festival. And Irish musicians and dancers from throughout the U.S. meet in Boston.  ℘℘℘ Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2003 will be held in Clonmel, County Tipperary from August 22-24. This premier traditional music event attracts over 220,000 people and 10,000 performers each year These include 4,000 competitors in the 150 or so … [Read more...] about Fleadh Cheoil na hÉirann 2003

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