First Word Archives
An End to Shame?
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. Thomas Keneally’s latest book The Great Shame should…
A Living Memorial
“Pray for the dead, but fight like hell for the living.” – Mother Jones This…
Trailblazers Past & Present
“We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams….Yet we are the movers…
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First Word: The Dream That Never Dies
“As the first of the racial minorities, our forefathers were subject to every discrimination found wherever discrimination is known.” – Robert Kennedy speaking at a Friendly Sons of St. Patrick […]
Last Word: The Way Forward
Following the success of the 1916 commemorations, the Irish government has launched a five-year program to celebrate the wealth of Ireland’s creativity. ℘℘℘ 2016 was a momentous year for Ireland […]
First Word: What I Learned from Hillary
Our cover story on Hillary Clinton reminds us of her role in the Irish peace process – particularly her involvement in bringing women into the discussion and throwing a light […]
The First Word: Let’s Talk About the Climate
I’m reminded as we go to press that in Ireland we always talk about the weather. “How about the weather now?” was an oft heard refrain of my childhood, one […]
The First Word: We Are All Immigrants
And so it begins. A new year, and already a happy one with the election of an Irish mayor in Boston. And who better to embody the tough, tireless, tender trajectory of our […]
The First Word: Faugh A Ballagh
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner, from Requiem for a Nun (1950) Irish America’s impact on the history of America is well established, as […]