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The Brontës of Drumballyroney

By Kristen Cotter and Marc-Yves Tumin

May/June 1995

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The legacy of Patrick, Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë, perhaps the most extraordinary family in the history of English literature, lives on in a quiet corner of County Down in Northern Ireland, where Carol Brontë has become curator of the Brontë Homeland Interpretive Centre at the former Drumballyroney Church and School House in Drumballyroney. Carol's husband is … [Read more...] about The Brontës of Drumballyroney

McGuinness v. Maginnis

By Emer Mullins

May/June 1995

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He has been named the second most powerful man in Britain after Rupert Murdoch by Esquire magazine. He has been named Britain's number one terrorist. And a U.S. report identified him as a leader of the Provisional IRA. It doesn't bother him at all. Martin McGuinness, urbane, charismatic, self-assured, has the unadorned adulation of most of the Republican community in the … [Read more...] about McGuinness v. Maginnis

The First Word: Pilgrimages For Peace

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
May/June 1995

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Nowhere in the world are Americans more welcome at the moment than in Northern Ireland. For the people there realize the importance of the American role in bringing about the present climate of peace. Not least of all has been the role of our President Bill Clinton.  In the words of George Mitchell, the president's economic advisor on Ireland: "When you go over to Ireland … [Read more...] about The First Word: Pilgrimages For Peace

American Relief Efforts and the Irish Famine

By Timothy J. Sarbaugh

March/April 1995

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Most Irish and Irish-Americans are aware of the private generosity of Americans during the Famine years in Ireland. The role of the American government is another story. "Indeed, no imagination can conceive, no tongue express, no brush paint the horror of the scenes which are daily exhibited in Ireland," observed senator Henry Clay in 1847. Calling upon the support of his … [Read more...] about American Relief Efforts and the Irish Famine

Translations

By Mary Pat Kelly

March/April 1995

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A behind the scenes take on Translations, the Brien Friel play, ahead of its 1995 Broadway opening, and a trip to the Boston preview. In the bare rehearsal room a few chairs and a desk represented the hedge school of Brian Friel's Translations. Brian Dennehy as Master Hugh O'Donnell entered not from the wings but from a card table where he had been drinking coffee and … [Read more...] about Translations