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August/September 2001

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FEATURES

Film Forum:
Land of the Second Chance

Once the most popular form of American filmmaking, the Western has not fully recovered from…

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Music: From a Whisper to a Scream

“Sometimes it is a spiritual experience, but most of the time it’s not…You have to…

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Photo Album:
Gracie’s Crossing

Grace Boner was born December 10, 1904 in Altmore near Burtonport in the Rosses, County…

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Sláinte! The Feast of Lughnasa

The most joyous event of the Celtic year is Lughnasa (August 1), the beginning of…

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The First Word:
“Dear Sir or Madam”

When Northern Ireland comes to lunch, it can be uncomfortable. It nags at complacency and…

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A Call to Remember

The Irish Memorial in Philadelphia is one of many Famine memorials springing up across the…

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A Little Bit of
Ireland in the U.S.

Williamsburg: The challenge for Busch Gardens in adding an Ireland theme to its park at…

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Amnesty Celebrates 40 Years

W.B. Yeats had his second coming on June 11 with actors, writers, and other members…

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Arthur Gelb –
An Honorary Irishman

Irish America publisher Niall O’Dowd presented Arthur Gelb with a Waterford Crystal Harp at his…

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Book Reviews

FICTION For almost five decades now, legendary newspaperman Jimmy Breslin has dispensed wisdom, wit and…

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Carlin Redux

George Carlin is still bucking the establishment, thank God. In his latest compilation Napalm &…

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Christina Aguilera’s Irish Roots

“A lot of people get all in a fuss about Christina wanting to explore her…

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Ellis Island in Cyber Space

In April of 2001 Ellis Island opened its doors to more people than ever before…

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Fundraiser for
Irish Breast Cancer

The New York dinner for the International Breast Cancer Foundation for Ireland was held at…

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Ireland Votes NO on Nice

European Union foreign ministers, furious at the Irish electorate’s decision to reject the Nice Treaty…

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Irish Theater Loses a Voice

The creative community suffered a grievous loss when actor, drama teacher, artistic director and founder…

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Jeremy’s in the Pink
Mumba Doesn’t Mind

Wrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks’ remake of the 60’s film, The Time Machine….

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Kevin’s Seagull

New Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre’s production of…

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Lacey Meets Brecht in Dublin

Tyne Daly, known to TV viewers as Mary Beth Lacey, takes on a new role…

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Michael Flatley Goes
One More Round

Michael Flatley was eleven and living in Chicago when he first saw Irish step dancing….

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Northern Roots Southern Branches

Will a re-examining of the Ulster Scots advance the idea of a “pluralist society” or…

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Anthony Quinn and Maureen O'Hara in Only the Looney

Passings

John Joseph Moakley Irish America lost a skilled and big-hearted leader with the death on…

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Reba’s Toothache

Reba McIntyre, who wowed them on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, has a new…

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Remembrance

The potato blight arrived in Ireland in the late summer of 1845.Pest, parasite, fungus, invisible…

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Sinn Féin Surges Ahead

On election day in Northern Ireland, David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and…

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Sister Act

How a committed sister freed her brother from prison. In 1980 the body of Katharina…

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Songs of the People

Tom Russell’s folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history. Singer and songwriter Tom Russell…

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St. Patrick’s Day in May

The sign in the display in Clery’s shop window on Dublin’s O’Connell Street said it…

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Sweet Avondale

California redwoods in Ireland? Yes, you can find a fine grove at Avondale Forest Park…

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The Bellow of Great Airs

The wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a…

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The Hottest Thing in Hats

It’s a hot night in Boston, hotter still in the narrow space of Studio Soto…

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The Irish Brigade In the Civil War

“When anything absurd, forlorn, or desperate was to be attempted, the Irish Brigade was called…

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The Rep Takes Broadway

Séan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones…

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U.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry

The U.S.-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) has called on the British government…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word: A Ribbon of Green

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Michael Flatley Goes
One More Round

News
The latest updates from Irish America’s most recent print issue….
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Hibernia
News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America….
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Those We Lost
A tribute to those who have passed on…..
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Slainte!
Tracing the history of traditional Irish food, drink, and celebration…..
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Photo Album
Photos and stories of our reader’s Irish ancestors….
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Photo Album:
Gracie’s Crossing

Grace Boner was born December 10, 1904 in Altmore near Burtonport in the Rosses, County…

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