Youngest mayor of a large city at 37, governor at 43; it’s possible that Martin O’Malley, fueled by family, Jesuit ideals and Irish history, will march all the way to the White House. Martin O’Malley is easy on the eye – very easy on the eye. He’s handsome, young, and he’s got talent. He paid his way through college playing music – Irish music. His band, O’Malley’s March, has … [Read more...] about Governor Martin O’Malley’s March
Politics Archives
Faces of the Fallen
By Ruth Riddick
August / September 2007
August / September 2007
The Faces of the Fallen exhibition, which commemorated the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, recently closed. The story of Faces of the Fallen begins with a visual artist, a national newspaper and a cup of tea. When Annette Polan opened her morning Washington Post sometime in the fall of 2004 she saw, not just thumbnail … [Read more...] about Faces of the Fallen
Commodore John Barry
By April Drew, Contributor
August / September 2007
August / September 2007
From Irish immigrant to Commander of the American Navy, John Barry is a hero to remember. There are many Irish men and women whom one could declare a hero of our time but none is so profoundly remembered as Commodore John Barry, known to those in the nautical world as “Father of the American Navy.” Barry was born in a thatched cottage in a small rural village called … [Read more...] about Commodore John Barry
Peace at last in Northern Ireland?
By Susan McKay, Contributor
June / July 2007
June / July 2007
Though political tensions linger, the Northern Ireland Assembly is up and running and both communities are working together for the future. The Reverend Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, sat down together before the world’s media on March 26 to announce that they would form a power-sharing executive at … [Read more...] about Peace at last in Northern Ireland?
De Valera’s “Tree of Liberty” at Notre Dame
By Prof. Brian O Conchubair
June / July 2007
June / July 2007
Captured in May 1918 and imprisoned in Lincoln Prison, England, Eamon de Valera, Ireland’s future president, escaped in dramatic fashion on February 3, 1919. Fearing the propaganda boost his re-arrest would provide England, the IRA dispatched de Valera to the United States. His mission was to acquire official U.S. support for Irish independence, and raise funds. He traveled … [Read more...] about De Valera’s “Tree of Liberty” at Notre Dame