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April May 2014 Issue

At Home with the McDonalds

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2014

March 12, 2014 by 6 Comments

Ed: NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in 2014, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY following complications from a heart attack. McDonald was paralyzed from the neck down in July 1986 after confronting potential bicycle thieves in Central Park, one of whom shot him three … [Read more...] about At Home with the McDonalds

The First Word: Hall of Fame

March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Past, Present, and Future In this issue, in which we celebrate the new inductees into our Hall of Fame, I’m reminded of great Irish Americans of the past such as John Barry, the father of the American Navy; John F. Kennedy, our first Catholic president; and Eugene O’Neill,  playwright and Nobel Laureate. Our incoming Hall of Fame honorees take their rightful place alongside … [Read more...] about The First Word: Hall of Fame

Christine Kinealy:
Historian, Author, Activist

By Matthew Skwiat, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2014

March 12, 2014 by 2 Comments

Christine Kinealy is the world-renowned historian and newly appointed professor of history and founding director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut. Beginning with her Ph.D. dissertation at Trinity College on the Irish workhouse system and continuing, in 1997, with her breakthrough book This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, … [Read more...] about Christine Kinealy:
Historian, Author, Activist

Chris Matthews:
Political Commentator, Author

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
April / May 2014

March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Chris Matthews has been following American politics since the first Eisenhower campaign. As a young teen, he became enthralled with the historic rivalry of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. It was a time of big downtown rallies and ticker tape parades on Wall Street, when supporters wore boater hats and bright campaign buttons. Hardly a decade later he was engaged in American … [Read more...] about Chris Matthews:
Political Commentator, Author

Andrew McKenna:
Corporate Titan, Community Leader

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
April / May 2014

March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Andrew McKenna is one of Chicago’s premier businessmen. He is nicknamed “St. Andrew of the Boardroom” because most of his work happens behind the scenes. But at the age of 84, “an age when most directors have politely been told to go home,” quipped Chicago magazine when they named him one of their 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans two years ago, he is still a highly sought-after … [Read more...] about Andrew McKenna:
Corporate Titan, Community Leader

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The ban restricting Catholics from attending Trinity College Dublin is finally lifted on this day in 1970. Through the help of the then Archbishop of Dublin John McQuaid, the Roman Catholic church removes its policy of disapproval or even excommunication for Catholics who enrolled at Trinity College without the proper permission. Authorities at the school also allow for a Catholic chaplain to be based at the college.

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