100th Anniversary of Celtic Cross at Grosse Île
“Children of the Gael died in the thousands on this island having fled from the…
1969: A Crazy Year for Irish America
It is fitting that the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature went to the Irish playwright…
An Irish Welcome for the Champ
Thousands turned out to welcome Muhammad Ali, 67, to Ennis, County Clare, the birthplace of…
Andrew Strong: Life After The Commitments
It is difficult to think back to the Irish film The Commitments without remembering the…
At Rainbow’s End: An Interview with Jim Norton
Tony-winning Irish actor Jim Norton has returned to Broadway in Finian’s Rainbow, a joyful big-budget…
Frank McCourt on Frank McCourt
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Irish Eye on Hollywood
In the next couple of years, acclaimed Dublin-born director Jim Sheridan (In the Name of…
J. Courtney Sullivan: Graduating from Chick Lit
J. Courtney Sullivan is, just like each of her engaging and multifaceted characters in Commencement,…
Remembering Frank McCourt
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Remembering Ted Kennedy
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Sláinte: Rest in Peace Ted Kennedy
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The 2009 Wall Street 50 Awards
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The First Word: Look to the Rainbow
“I’ve an an elegant legacy / Waitin’ for ye, / ’Tis a rhyme for your…
The Last Word: What Ted Kennedy & John Sweeney Built On
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The Legacy of Danny Cassidy
Our voices carry; and though slumber-bound, Some few half awake… Give tongue, proclaim their hidden…
William Kennedy Wins Eugene O’Neill Award
Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy will be presented with the inaugural 2009 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime…
William Trevor:
A Sculptor of Words
Ireland’s foremost writer of fiction talks to Frank Shouldice. ℘℘℘ For writer William Trevor there…
William Trevor: A Sculptor of Words
Ireland’s foremost writer of fiction talks to Frank Shouldice. For writer William Trevor there comes…
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