Peter Quinn’s latest work is a revealing masterpiece that offers an insightful portrait of Irish America In an interview with Irish America last year, novelist Peter Quinn was discussing his Bronx Irish upbringing and said: “Words were what mattered in my house. My mother told my brother and me, ‘There’s nothing worth doing in life if it doesn’t leave you with a good … [Read more...] about Review of Books
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Photo Album: A Brief Moment in Life
In this 1914 photograph, my mother, Katherine Gallagher, and her older siblings, Anne and Bud, pose in front of their home on West Liberty Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. My grandfather Andrew Gallagher worked at the American Oak and Leather Company for fifty years. On a tanner’s salary he raised eight children, and lived to see all of his seventeen grandchildren. His wife, my … [Read more...] about Photo Album: A Brief Moment in Life
Business at Tiffany’s
Jim Quinn, President of Tiffany & Co., talks to Patricia Harty about business at Tiffany’s, his Irish heritage and family, and his commitment to New York. On that famous strip of Fifth Avenue where all that glitters is gold and silver, and shoppers from the world over come to buy at Bergdorf Goodman, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Gucci, the jewel in the crown — its alluring … [Read more...] about Business at Tiffany’s
The First Word: Epic Journeys
I remember as a young immigrant strolling down Fifth Avenue and stopping to look in the windows at Tiffany’s. I was enthralled. I lived in the Bronx and most evenings after my shift I headed to the subway or took a Checker cab with the other waitresses, girls from all over Ireland. Like generations before us we were “brought up to leave.” We emigrated in our thousands, … [Read more...] about The First Word: Epic Journeys
Lord of the Dance Marries His Lady
Lord of the Dance creator and star Michael Flatley threw open the doors of his magnificent, historic castle in Cork earlier this month to marry his leading lady, dancer Niamh O’Brien, in front of 250 family members and friends – and anyone else who wanted to wish the couple well. Chicago-born Flatley, 48, and O’Brien, 32, a native of Co. Meath, were married on Saturday, … [Read more...] about Lord of the Dance Marries His Lady