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August/September 2011

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FEATURES

A Night for Saints and Sinners

An Evening with Edna O’Brien at NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House Edna O’Brien threw down the…

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Brendan Gleeson: The Good, the Bad and the Funny

The dynamic Irish actor talks about his latest role in The Guard, working with the…

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Bring Them All Back Home

‘Ireland Reaching Out’ is a pilot project that aims to reconnect all 70 million Irish…

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Irish America Hall of Fame Opens at Dunbrody Famine Ship

Celebrated with the opening of the new Dunbrody Visitor Center on July 8th On July…

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Irish Dance Nationals

A look at the 2011 North American Irish Dance Competition in Nashville, Tennessee On the…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Upcoming Film Releases

The latest Irish and Irish American happenings in film and televisio 1.An all-star cast of…

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Music Reviews

The Latest in Irish and Irish American Music Grá agus Bás • Donnacha Dennehy with…

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Once Upon a Stage

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s Once to be a musical Written by Irish playwright Enda…

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Outlaws: Billy the Kid and Whitey Bulger

The outlaws, Billy the Kid and Whitey Bulger, pictured above, share much in common in…

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Photo Album: She Liked Nice Things

Family photographs from Irish America readers. In the family room of my childhood home there…

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Presidential Visits to Ireland

  President Joe Biden: “It feels like coming home” President Joe Biden visited Ireland in…

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Reeve Carney: Spider-Man

Reeve talks about his Irish roots, the premiere of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, and…

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Roots: The Gleeson Clan

The surnames Gleeson and Gleason developed from the Irish name O Glasain, which originated in…

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Scarlett is 75 and Still Going Strong

On the 75th anniversary of the publication of Gone With the Wind, David O’Connell explores…

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Sláinte: Oysters Galore

Edythe Preet explores the history of Ireland’s favorite bivalve, from Mesolithic times to today’s Galways…

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The First Word: Imagining America

A letter from our Editor: My image of the South and the Civil War was…

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The Forgotten Hero of Golf: John McDermott

The first American golfer to win the U.S. Open — and the youngest. When Rory…

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The Irish Abolitionist: Daniel O’Connell

Daniel O’Connell is remembered as the Liberator of Irish Catholics, but he also played a…

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The Jig is Up!

A new documentary dubbed as “Spellbound meets Mad Hot Ballroom, with a touch of Riverdance”…

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The Last Word:
The Walk of a Queen

Reflections on Queen Elizabeth’s historic trip to Ireland. The recent four-day visit of Queen Elizabeth…

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The Most Spectacular Golf Course on the Planet

The Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale, County Cork has been ranked by Links magazine…

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The Seisiún Network

Dubliner Tony Lawless may prove to be the Mark Zuckerberg of the traditional Irish music…

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Those We Lost: Recent Passings in the Irish-American Community

William Craig 1924-2011 William Craig, a controversial political leader from Northern Ireland who founded the…

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What Are You Like?
Malachy McCourt

Malachy McCourt at 80: his wit and wisdom “Do I contradict myself?” Walt Whitman famously…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word: Imagining America

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Cover Story

Brendan Gleeson: The Good, the Bad and the Funny

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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The Last Word:
The Walk of a Queen

Reflections on Queen Elizabeth’s historic trip to Ireland. The recent four-day visit of Queen Elizabeth…

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