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October/November 2002

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Report From Ground Zero : The Documentary

Dennis Smith’s gripping best-seller Report from Ground Zero will be the basis for a documentary…

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Roots:
The Keane / Kane Family

Keane and Kane are anglicizations of Ó Catháin from cath, meaning battle. There were two…

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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…

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Book Reviews

A sampling of the latest Irish books on offer. RECOMMENDED  Telling an as-yet-untold story about…

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Caught in the Crossfire

We’re circling Abercorn Street in Derry and Richard Moore, my sunglassed passenger, is pointing out…

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Endgame: The Road to
Peace in Northern Ireland

“This is the first time the inside story of the Irish peace process has been…

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Enrollment Down
at Holy Cross

A catholic school whose pupils were forced to run a daily gauntlet of sectarian hatred…

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Farewell to Rosemary

The singing legend Rosemary Clooney died on June 29, after a long battle with lung…

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Fathers & Sons

Amidst the hundreds of rescue workers searching at Ground Zero in the months after the…

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FBI, M15 Ran Secret Informer

The FBI and the British intelligence agency, MI5, operated American spy David Rupert in the…

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Having a Care
for Irish Emigrants

A new plan that proposes funding to allow elderly emigrants to return to Ireland, and…

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Hotelier Paddy
Fitzpatrick Passes

One of Ireland’s top hoteliers, Paddy Fitzpatrick, passed away on August 16. He was 72….

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Innisfree Holidays Begin

In July, the Langone family – the first of nearly 250 families to take part…

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Inside The Maze

The Maze is a one-hour program that explores life inside the notorious Maze Prison (also known…

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Into the West & Far East

On a drizzly morning in early summer — what the Irish refer to as a…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

Liam Neeson played German businessman Oskar Schindler in the acclaimed film Schindler’s List. And he…

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John B. Keane Remembered

On May 30, 2002, John B. Keane, author, raconteur, and much-loved Kerryman, passed away. Keane,…

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Lawyers on Loyalist Hit List

Loyalist killers planned to assassinate not only human rights lawyer Pat Finucane but also two…

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Liam’s Collins Connection

Michael Collins (1996) original movie poster. Photo: Wikipedia Though an event…

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Music: Blink in America

Blink are back in Ireland to nail down the last few songs on what already…

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NYC’s Famine Memorial

The haunting Irish Hunger Memorial, unveiled on July 16 in downtown Manhattan, offers visitors a…

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Photo Album: All in the Family

1972: The Noone Family, Brooklyn. Little did Luke Noone and Mary Ellen Doherty dream when…

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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…

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September 11: A Year in Pictures

Photographer Peter Foley spent many months documenting the aftermath of September 11. His images, though…

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Sins of the Fathers:
On the Road to Perdition

The legendary B-movie writer-director Samuel Fuller once told me about a script he had written…

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Sláinte! When an Apple
is Ripe, it Will Fall

Several years ago after a rigorous day of exploring County Laois, I pulled into a…

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Street Renamed for 9/11 Hero

Fallen September 11 hero firefighter Michael Brennan had a rare posthumous bestowed on him recently…

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Gordon and Adrienne Clune (back) with their three children (left to right) Aine, Justin and Conor with niece Tracy (right) on their 1883 dress.

The Clunes’
American Adventure

An Irish American family go back to 1883 to discover what’s most important in the…

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The First Word: What Falls Away

“One hundred and fifty years after the Famine, the spirit of the Irish people was…

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The Irish in Spain

One way to survive the weather in Ireland is to buy a holiday home in…

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The Irishman
Who Would Be King

It may sound like a joke. But an Irishman could be the future King of…

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John Lawlor, brother of murdered Catholic teenager Gerard Lawlor, carries his coffin from his North Belfast home. Lawlor was shot dead by an Ulster Freedom Fighter (UFF) gunman.

The Last Word: A Pall of Darkness Falls on Belfast

Thank Christ the murdered man was Catholic. No Catholic will say that on the record,…

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The Wolfe Tones Split

The peace process hasn’t extended to the Irish ballad group the Wolfe Tones. The famous…

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Why the Towers Fell

Dennis Smith, former firefighter and author, talks to Tom Deignan. ℘℘℘ If retired firefighter and…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word: What Falls Away

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Street Renamed for 9/11 Hero

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: All in the Family

1972: The Noone Family, Brooklyn. Little did Luke Noone and Mary Ellen Doherty dream when…

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