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February March 2013 Issue

Portraits of the Irish: Paddy at the Met

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The Ashcan School of artists were a group of realist painters who found inspiration in the seamy side of New York City. Tom Deignan looks at the Irish subjects who provided inspiration to these artists, as the Metropolitan Museum of Art mounts an exhibition of paintings by George Bellows (runs thru Feb. 18), one of the group’s foremost artists. The term Ashcan School was … [Read more...] about Portraits of the Irish: Paddy at the Met

Those We Lost

February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Recent losses in the Irish and Irish-American community. Charles Durning 1923 – 2012 The man who played the pope, the governor of Texas, Dustin Hoffman’s Tootsie suitor, four different Santa Clauses, and a bumbling Mel Brooks-inspired Nazi colonel has died. Charles Durning, known in the business as the King of Character Actors, died Christmas Eve at his home in Manhattan. He … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

The Derry Air is Rich With Culture

By Mary Pat Kelly,February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

A bright, brand-new day dawns for Derry/Londonderry, the UK City of Culture 2013. John Hume, Derry’s first Catholic MP, sang the Derry anthem in Oslo when he and David Trimble won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998, and it has since become a staple of the White House St. Patrick’s Day gathering each year in Washington, D.C. At a recent concert in Chicago when Phil Coulter played … [Read more...] about The Derry Air is Rich With Culture

Heroes and Rogues: The Irish of Green-Wood Cemetery

By Michael Burke, Contributor
February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by 4 Comments

Among the most noteworthy Irish expatriates reposing in Green-Wood are Matilda Tone, widow of United Irishmen leader Wolfe Tone, and their son William Theobald Wolfe Tone. William is buried with his wife, Catherine Sampson Tone, and in the plot right next to the Tones lie her parents: the controversial civil rights attorney William Sampson and his wife, Grace. The Green-Wood … [Read more...] about Heroes and Rogues: The Irish of Green-Wood Cemetery

Rory’s Legacy

By Kelly Fincham, Contributor
February / March 2013

January 18, 2013 by 1 Comment

Orlaith, Rory, Kathleen and Ciaran Staunton. Photo: Sean McPhail

The parents of Rory Staunton, a brilliant and passionate Irish-American boy who died of sepsis at age 12, are on a mission to make sure that no other child is felled by this fatal infection. "If I’d known about sepsis, I would have looked for sepsis,” says Orlaith Staunton whose 12-year-old son Rory died on April 1, 2012 from the deadly medical condition. “I knew about … [Read more...] about Rory’s Legacy

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