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The First Word: “People Forget So Quickly”

Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. As the room fills up with the members…

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U.S. Elections and N.I.

Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. With the election coming up in November, Irish…

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The Politics of Peace

Emer Mullins, Assistant Editor. Once again, Northern Ireland dominates headlines,…

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Renewing the Spirit
1996First WordIn This Issue 1996May June 1996 Issue

Renewing the Spirit

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
May/June 1996
May 9, 20254 min read
The sound of bagpipes in the distance drifts in through the open window of the yellow cab as I head down Broadway to New York University. It’s the first real […]
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The First Word: A Whisper of Hope in Northern Ireland 
1996First WordIn This Issue 1996March April 1996 Issue

The First Word: A Whisper of Hope in Northern Ireland 

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
March/April 1996
Mar 31, 20254 min read
There is an absence of joy so far this St. Patrick’s Day season but not of hope. The end of the IRA cease-fire on February 9 and the subsequent bombings […]
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The First Word: When Hope and History Rhyme
1996First WordIn This Issue 1996January February 1996 Issue

The First Word: When Hope and History Rhyme

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
January / February 1996
Mar 14, 20254 min read
History says, don’t hope on this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime the longed-for tidal wave of justice can rise up and hope and history rhyme. […]
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There is a There There
First WordIn This Issue 1997September October 1997 Issue

There is a There There

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
September / October 1997
Feb 28, 20254 min read
Twelve years ago we published the very first copy of Irish America magazine. Many of those who attended the launch party on October 16, 1985, didn’t give it a prayer. […]
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The First Word: The Madness Of It All
1997First WordIn This Issue 1997July August 1997

The First Word: The Madness Of It All

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
July/August 1997
Feb 8, 20255 min read
“IRA, Killing 2 Policemen Cripples the Irish Peace Talks,” says the front page headline in the New York Times story by Sarah Lyall, writing from London. Indeed, the recent shootings […]
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The First Word: Pulitzer and Lady Liberty
1997First WordIn This Issue 1997May June 1997

The First Word: Pulitzer and Lady Liberty

Irish America TeamJan 23, 20254 min read
As we were going to press it was announced that our own Frank McCourt won a Pulitzer Prize for his memoir Angela’s Ashes. Over the years many Irish Americans have […]
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