“There’s a huge can-do attitude here in the U.S. that’s very creative, very innovative.” – Liam Casey. “You have to go, and you have to do well,” Molly Fogarty told her grandson. Molly had been left a young widow with four daughters, the oldest of which was 13 years, and a farm to run. Now her grandson, the only male in that family of women, was about … [Read more...] about The First Word: A Ribbon of Green
2010
USS New York: A Ship of Remembrance
A new Navy ship partly built with steel from the World Trade Center carries the motto “Never Forget.” Aliah O’Neill talks to Lt. Erin Millea who is serving aboard the recently commissioned USS New York. Lt. Erin Millea always knew she wanted to be a dentist—her father and older brother are practicing and one of her sisters is in dental school. However, her desire to serve her … [Read more...] about USS New York: A Ship of Remembrance
Irish Eye on Hollywood
This holiday season, audiences will see Saoirse Ronan – the Northern Irish wunderkind actress – in the intense drama The Lovely Bones, also starring Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Mark Wahlberg. Ronan plays a girl who is brutally murdered and, afterwards, watches from beyond the grave as her friends and family try to come to terms with this horrific turn of events. Next … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
Patrick Farrell Wins 2009 Pulizter
In April, second-generation Irish American Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, for his incredible and moving photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and the other serious storms of the hurricane season in Haiti. In a recent conversation with Irish America, Farrell discussed his Irish heritage and his … [Read more...] about Patrick Farrell Wins 2009 Pulizter
Column McCann Wins 2009 National Book Award
Colum McCann’s newest novel, 'Let the Great World Spin,' was announced November 18 as the winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction during a black-tie ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. In his personal history and in his writing, he is a man of many different places. McCann is an Irish writer, born in Dublin, partly educated in Texas and Japan, who has … [Read more...] about Column McCann Wins 2009 National Book Award