First Word Archives
U.S. Elections and N.I.
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. With the election coming up in November, Irish…
The Politics of Peace
Emer Mullins, Assistant Editor. Once again, Northern Ireland dominates headlines,…
Renewing the Spirit
Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief. The sound of bagpipes in the distance drifts…
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The First Word: Imagine Ireland
“An Irishman’s heart is nothing but his imagination.” – George Bernard Shaw (John Bull’s Other Island) Gabriel Byrne says that the line between reality and imagination is very thin. I […]
First Word: Mortas Cine
“One thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish.” ~Eugene O’Neill Is there anything better than cuddling up with a good book? I was […]
The First Word: Shall We Ever Overcome?
My English brother-in-law once asked me if I had anything happy to write about. To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, the world has enough happiness in it without our having to read […]
The Last Word
The last time it happened…The Irish were to blame. ℘℘℘ The election results are in. The presidential candidate of the incumbent Democratic party has won the popular vote but lost […]
The First Word: Now and in Time to Be
“I knew that we were Irish and I knew that Irish was the best thing to be.” – Novelist Alice McDermott ℘℘℘ When I immigrated to this country I had […]
The First Word: A Little Boy’s Cry
On a plane to San Francisco a young couple sit across from me with two boys. The younger one is kicking up a ruckus. As I reach for my ear-plugs […]