The Irish buried in a Catholic cemetery on Bunker Hill are remembered. The cemetery is gated and well hidden, and there have been no burials in it for three score years and more. It’s a lovely, grassy, tranquil place, and Dan Mahoney, the parish priest, remarks how all the headstones face northeast toward home, toward Ireland. The Catholic burial ground is on the fabled … [Read more...] about A Celtic Cross at Bunker Hill
2010
Going Green: Environmentalism in Business
As we present our annual Business 100 list, a celebration of the best and the brightest Irish-American executives and their standout achievements in the corporate world, we remain committed to highlighting progressive and innovative examples of business and industry. The following companies and executives are pioneers in using ecological thinking to fuel successful business. … [Read more...] about Going Green: Environmentalism in Business
Living Green with Ed Begley Jr.
Ed Begley Jr. is an actor and environmental activist whose work spans the gamut in terms of genre and cross-generational appeal. His breakthrough role was as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the hit TV show St. Elsewhere, which earned him six Emmy nominations. Since then, his career has included film, television and stage work, and his latest project, the reality show Living With Ed on … [Read more...] about Living Green with Ed Begley Jr.
The Maestro: Kenneth Montgomery
Santa Fe Opera House is truly one of the wonders of the world. Perfectly situated on a mesa a 30-minute drive from historic downtown, and offering breathtaking views of the Jemez Mountains to the west and the Sangre Cristo Mountains to the east, its state-of-the-art design – open at the sides and back of the stage – allows not only great comfort and acoustics, but also glimpses … [Read more...] about The Maestro: Kenneth Montgomery
A Journey Beyond Imagination
Brian Keenan, Belfast-born, was teaching English at the American University of Beirut when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen on April 11, 1986. It was during the Lebanese Civil War. His captors mistakenly took him for British. Released in August, 1990, he went on to write an acclaimed memoir about his captivity, called An Evil Cradling. He was in New York to … [Read more...] about A Journey Beyond Imagination