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Hibernia | The Irish Father of the American Band
During 1992, the centennial of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’s death, many cities across the United States…
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Chicago’s Irish Heritage Center As bidding around the table became tense, one Irishman whispered to…
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Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915,…
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Beckett on Film
Cannel Thirteen/WNET’s Stage on Screen is offering a two-part special on Samuel Beckett, the first of which, Beckett on Film, will air at 10:00p.m. on September 15. The second, Waiting for Godot, starring Barry […]
Lawyers on Loyalist Hit List
Loyalist killers planned to assassinate not only human rights lawyer Pat Finucane but also two of his Belfast colleagues, a senior British police officer has discovered. Belfast lawyers Oliver Kelly […]
Sarandon and Robbins on Stage at the Abbey Theatre
Susan Sarandon and her partner Tim Robbins recently took their play The Guys to Ireland. Written by Anne Nelson, The Guys, tells the true story of how the author helped a fire […]
The Irish in Spain
One way to survive the weather in Ireland is to buy a holiday home in Spain. Increasingly the Irish are doing just that. The Costa del Sol has also become […]
Into the West & Far East
On a drizzly morning in early summer — what the Irish refer to as a “soft day” — I’m doing something that has become rather commonplace during my numerous travels […]
The Irishman Who Would Be King
It may sound like a joke. But an Irishman could be the future King of England. Hard to believe? Yes. Far-fetched? Maybe. But in theory, it is a possibility. Admittedly, […]