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April May 2005 Issue

Maureen O’Hara:
The Queen of Technicolor

By Daisy Carrington, Contributor
April / May 2005

April 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O'Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last September as she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Coupled with the publication of her autobiography 'Tis Herself, Ms. O'Hara has had a good year. These remarkable achievements only make up a handful of what the screen beauty has accomplished in … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara:
The Queen of Technicolor

Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor

By Daisy Carrington, Contributor
April / May 2005

April 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O'Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last September as she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Coupled with the publication of her autobiography 'Tis Herself, Ms. O'Hara has had a good year. These remarkable achievements only make up a handful of what the screen beauty has accomplished in … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor

First Word: The Best
& The Brightest

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2005

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Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

When we compiled our first Top 100 list in 1985, we did it to show that the Irish had not all vanished into the mainstream of American life but were still a viable ethnic group. Almost 20 years later, the Irish, despite their profound identification with American way of life, still hold a great appreciation for their Irish heritage. Some of those honored in these pages are … [Read more...] about First Word: The Best
& The Brightest

News From Ireland

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
April / May 2005

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Setbacks Send Sinn Féin Reeling Having been at the center of the peace process and made huge electoral gains north and south of the border, the year has begun disastrously for Sinn Féin. A series of unrelated events has put the party under intense scrutiny for its policy and attitude towards crime and paramilitary violence. Public interest in the case of the so-called … [Read more...] about News From Ireland

News in Brief

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
April / May 2005

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TAOISEACH Bertie Ahem led a 200-strong trade delegation to China in an effort to increase trade and develop investment opportunities between the two countries. Contacts between Dublin and Beijing have increased significantly since 1998, and last year Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and vice-premier Huang Ju visited Ireland. Irish businesses foresee expanded opportunities in the … [Read more...] about News in Brief

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On this day in 1889, Thomas Kiley riding Spokane won the 15th Kentucky Derby. Spokane, who had Irish lineage as a descendant of stallion Faugh-A-Ballagh (Ire. 1841), was the only Montana-born horse to win the Derby. According to a report in Horse Racing Forum James James, Jesse James’ older brother, was at the Derby on that day “looking like a Southern gentleman in his Prince Albert suit and white hat.” James won $2,400 on an early race on the card, then asked a bookmaker what the price was on Spokane in the Derby. “Ten-to-one, and the sky’s the limit,” the bookie replied. James slapped down $5,000 on Spokane, and the bookie declared, “as far as I’m concerned, that’s the sky.” James won his bet on Spokane.

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