Making the rounds and earning raves at film festivals is Irish boxer John Duddy’s acting debut Emerald City. The film, written by Northern Irish native Colin Broderick and produced by Irish Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle, looks at more recent Irish immigrant laborers in New York City.
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Jimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
The Irish American baseball legend who introduced the concept of the opening day pitch by the President of the United States. James Robert, “Jimmy,” McAleer, the youngest of eight children, was born in Ohio on July 10, 1864. He gained fame and notoriety for being a player, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American … [Read more...] about Jimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
Report from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference
The annual conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS), “Island Relations: Ireland, Cuba and the Latin World,” was held in Havana over four days in February. The conference coincided with the first Irish presidential visit to Cuba and the launch of novelist Joseph O’Connor’s book Star of Sea at the Havana International Book Fair. O’Connor’s book is the … [Read more...] about Report from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference
The Forgotten Irish Remembered at U.S. National Archives
Irish archeologist Damian Shiels, who specializes in what he calls “conflict archeology,” will launch his new book on the Irish immigrant experience during the Civil War at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. in March. Shiels’s book, The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America, uses the archives’ widow and dependent pension files of Irish Civil War soldiers … [Read more...] about The Forgotten Irish Remembered at U.S. National Archives
Spotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit
In March, the Ireland-U.S. Economic Business Relations Summit will host one of the top Irish American members of the new presidential administration team in New York. Former congressman Mick Mulvaney (R – South Carolina), who was appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget in February, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the conference. The summit, … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit