History Archive
Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin’ McAliskey was elected to represent the…
Irish Homecoming Festival: A Time That Was
Writer Mary Pat Kelly and photographer Martin Sheerin visited the Ulster-American Folk Park at Camp…
The Mighty Quinn
On reading the correspondence of central early twentieth-century literary figures such as W. B. Yeats,…
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Investing in Ireland: The Pros & Cons of a Single Europe
“The United States of America is very much alive to the threat from the European Community” declares Jim Dewhurst in his book Your Business 1992. The EC is the largest […]
The Geese Who Flew South
Though it is often overlooked, Louisiana played an early and important role in the story of the Irish in America. Michael P. Cahill reviews the Irish ~ as well as […]
“Happy Days” For O’Casey and Beckett
When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have […]
“Over There”
Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an […]
Blazes Boylan
In the last issue we reported on the 26-year-old Irish American woman from Long Island, Annie McCarrick, who had mysteriously disappeared from her Dublin home on March 26. Although her […]
Larry O’Brien: A Perennial NBA Champion
When someone mentions the NBA Finals, you might think of Jordan or Kobe slashing their way to the rim. Or, more recently, the video game-like exploits of three-point assassin Steph […]