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March April 2019 Issue

Hall of Fame: Grammy Award-Winning Musician Arturo O’Farrill

By Rosemary Rogers, Columnist
March / April 2019

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Arturo O'Farrill pictured in front of some Brooklyn street art.

At first the names Arturo and O’Farrill don’t seem to belong together. But, in the long, romantic history of the Hibernia-Hispania connection, they do: Bernardo O’Higgins liberated Chile; the San Patricios Brigade fought for Mexico in its War of Independence; the Milesians, settlers of ancient Ireland, sailed from Spain to “the Promised Isle.” Then there were those lucky … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Grammy Award-Winning Musician Arturo O’Farrill

First Word: Trailblazers Past & Present

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
March / April 2019

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It was the first time that I knew the full weight of Irish America. Coming from a small country with few people, it’s difficult for an immigrant to grasp that in a place as big as America, the Irish could wield such power. I’m talking about the first Irish-American Presidential Forum in 1992. It was arranged by then-assemblyman John C. Dearie. I don’t remember the venue, but I … [Read more...] about First Word: Trailblazers Past & Present

Dublin Apocalypse Manuscript Now Online

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
March / April 2019

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Trinity College Dublin (TCD) celebrated the digitization of the Dublin Apocalypse manuscript, one of great medieval treasures of TCD’s library, on February 1. The 14th-century Latin manuscript of the Book of Revelation is accompanied by exquisite illustrations in gold and other vivid colors depicting scenes of the horsemen of the Apocalypse, battles with many-headed beasts, and … [Read more...] about Dublin Apocalypse Manuscript Now Online

Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
March / April 2019

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James Connolly.

In Nora Connolly’s 1935 memoir of her father, James Connolly, she mentions a play of his entitled The Agitator’s Wife, which scholars have never been able to find. A short story of the same name was recently discovered in an obscure journal in Warwick University’s library, leading University of Glasgow academics to believe it could be the long-lost work. The short story, which … [Read more...] about Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found

Ireland Leading the War on Plastic

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
March / April 2019

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Platic washed up on the beach.

Ireland, the first to ban smoking in public places and the first to charge for plastic bags in supermarkets, is now taking it one step further. The Irish government has prohibited the purchase of all single-use plastics in its own offices as well as other public buildings, including schools. The products banned include a variety of commonly used items: cutlery, cups, plates, … [Read more...] about Ireland Leading the War on Plastic

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