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April/May 2012

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Anjelica is Smashing

Anjelica Huston is causing a stir on the new hit series Smash. Stars aren’t born,…

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Barney Rosset:
1922-2012

He helped change the course of publishing in the United States by championing avant-garde writers…

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Commissioner Ray Kelly: Irish America Hall of Fame

Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, New York’s top cop, is inducted into the Irish America Hall…

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Dr. John L. Lahey: Irish America Hall of Fame

Dr. John L. Lahey, university president and preserver of our history, is inducted into the…

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Irish Eye on Hollywood

The latest Irish and Irish-American news in film and television. 1. From Southie to the…

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Kevin Roche: America’s Irish Architect

Visionary architect Kevin Roche is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame The November…

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Lifetime Achievement Award For Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Irish Oscars” Legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan…

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Loretta Brennan Glucksman: Irish America Hall of Fame

Loretta Brennan Glucksman, co-chair of New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House, chairman of the American…

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MacWeeney’s Travellers at Ireland House

In 1965, looking for an image to illustrate the poetry of William Butler Yeats, Dublin-born…

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McDonagh, Farrell and Seven Psychopaths

Not in Bruges anymore, Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell speak with Patricia Danaher from the…

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Music Reviews

A look at recently released music of Irish and Irish-American interest. Altan • The Poison…

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Pacino Does Wilde

The American actor was in Ireland to pick up an award for his documentary on…

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Painting the Burren

Andy Weeks, a New York-based artist, finds inspiration in Clare’s rocky landscape. Two years ago,…

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Photo Album: The Wealth of the World

At rest, this picture belongs to a wedding album from 1966. Plain, awkward even, it…

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Review of Books

Recently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest. Recommended: Bloodland In a genre that may…

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Roma Downey’s Little Angels

The Derry-born star of Touched by an Angel tells Molly Ferns about her new faith-based…

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Roots: The Marvelous McDonaghs

McDonagh is one of the rarer surnames of Ireland, but exists also as MacDonagh, MacDonough,…

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Rory McIlroy Becomes Number One

Rory McIlroy was hitting 40-yard drives at the age of two. By eight he was…

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Rural Ireland: The Inside Story

Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art is giving visitors a rare look at the daily…

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Sláinte!
The Fast & The Feast

How Ireland perfected the journey from abstinent Lent to the celebratory feast of Easter. Throughout…

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Spotlight On: Sue Cischke

One of Ford Motor Company’s highest-ranking female executive is retiring after 35 years in the…

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St. Patrick’s Day Traditions in the U.S.

On the morning of March 17, 1853, Archbishop of New York John Hughes addressed a…

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The Chieftains At 50

The Chieftains, Ireland’s top traditional group, celebrate their 50th anniversary with a compilation album featuring…

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The Day the Irish Invaded Canada

In the sleepy town of Ridgeway, Ontario – just a stone’s throw from Crystal Beach,…

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The Dunbrody: The Ark of New Ross

Celebrating the Dunbrody Famine Ship, the Irish Emigration History Centre, the Irish America Hall of…

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The First Word: Ties That Bind

“Nostalgia for Ireland sweeps over me often, not just when I’m working with an Irish…

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The Irish on the Titanic

Maureen Murphy explores the seldom-told story of the third-class Irish passengers on board the doomed…

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The New Irish Songwriter: James Vincent McMorrow

A spring tour in Australia on the immediate horizon, thoughts brewing of a sophomore album…

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The Power of the Past: Joseph O’Connor

Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea and Redemption Falls, talks about his new…

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Those We Lost

Recent passings in the Irish and Irish-American communities Frank Carson 1926 – 2012 After a…

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Titanic Commemoration in Ireland

Belfast is abuzz in preparation for the upcoming three-week-long Titanic Festival, which will both commemorate…

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Tom Moran: Irish America Hall of Fame

Tom Moran, businessman and humanitarian, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. Chairman,…

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What America Can Learn From Ireland

The Last Word: Birth Control is a Medical Issue, Not a Religious One The Irish,…

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What Are You Like? Kevin Barry

Writer Kevin Barry on fancy chocolates, Cuchullain’s heroic diet, and naked seething ambition. Kevin Barry’s…

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FIRST WORD

The First Word: Ties That Bind

HIGHLIGHTS

Cover Story

Kevin Roche: America’s Irish Architect

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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What America Can Learn From Ireland

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