Irish America
By Colum McCann
December/ January 2021A Short Story by Colum McCann It was a summer flood when our draft horse was caught in the river and the river smashed against stones. The sound of it to me was like the turning of locks. It was silage time and the water smelled of grass. The draft horse, Father’s favorite, had stepped in the river for a sniff maybe and she was caught, couldn’t move, her foreleg trapped … [Read more...] about Everything In This Country Must
By Martin E. Dempsey
Summer 2021"I'm not ready to give up on the anthem and the ritual of standing while its played." During operation desert storm, after Iraq’s Republican Guard had been forced out of Kuwait, my brigade set up a checkpoint on the only highway from Kuwait to Baghdad. We established a medical treatment facility and raised the American flag. It was a signal to the oppressed … [Read more...] about Last Word: 90 Seconds Together
By Tom Deignan
Summer 2021Covid-19 threw us all into a global remote-working experiment. But will the future if the workplace be on Zoom? There's an Irishman at the helm answering those questions and more. Tom Deignan talks to Harry Moseley Global Chief Information Office of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. When the history of the coronavirus pandemic is written, loss, fear, and anxiety will be at … [Read more...] about It’s a New World and Zoom is at its Center, and at the Center of Zoom is an Irishman Named Harry
What help can poetry be during a pandemic? This summer it feels like Ireland needs Americans and Americans need Ireland more than ever. I have visited Ireland close to twenty times since my first trip there in the late 1970s, drawn by the country’s remarkable beauty, justly famous hospitality, and, during the 90s, by my interest in American involvement in the Northern … [Read more...] about “Keeping Going”
By Tom Deignan
Summer 2021How the ongoing pandemic has motivated people to forge ahead by keeping a positive attitude. Tom Deignan interviews members of the Irish America community on their experience. Kathleen Donohoe, writer Quarantine made things feel awfully cramped in the Brooklyn apartment Kathleen Donohoe shares with her husband, Travis, and 10 year-old son, Liam. “We dreamed of … [Read more...] about Coping During the Pandemic
