First Word Archives
First Word: Making a Difference
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. Did you ever panhandle? Ask for money on…
First Word: Break-up of an Empire?
The British general election, set for April 9, could be the most crucial contest in…
The First Word: An Chead Fhocal
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. There are so many things that I love…
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United in Grief
At 3:10 p.m. on Saturday, August 22nd, the dream of a united Ireland was finally realized. Protestant, Catholic and Church of Ireland bells rang in all parts of the island […]
The First Word: The World At Her Feet
Sometimes a story comes along that captivates even the most cynical of us journalists — a notoriously hard-to-impress bunch at the best of times. Such a story is this issue’s […]
The Best and the Brightest 1998
This has been quite a year (we measure time from March to March) for the Irish in America. As our annual Top 100 list shows, the Irish, as the song […]
What the Future Holds
Bear in mind these dead: I can find no plainer words. – John Hewitt, “Neither an Elegy nor a Manifesto” The New Year brings good tidings to a young couple I […]
The First Word: Our Evolving Heritage
In this issue we celebrate the realization of the American dream by so many of our people, reminding us once again of the good fit this country has proved to […]
An Always Known Place
“We people of the diaspora, whether from Australia or Michigan or the plains of Canada, get here, returning ghosts, utterly confused and in need of guidance; and we see a […]