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March/April 2019

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The American Brexit Committee convened in NYC in January.

Americans Prepare for Brexit

The troubles of Brexit do not stop at the E.U. border. The American Brexit Committee…

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Ancient Gaelic Manuscript Discovered

Arecently discovered 15th-century Irish vellum manuscript reveals a connection between Gaelic Ireland and the Islamic…

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Liam Neeson, May Blood, and John Fitzpatrick.

Baroness Blood Celebrated

Baroness May Blood, recently retired from the U.K.’s House of Lords after a long and very distinguished…

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Sean Flatley, President of the Irish American Business Chamber & Network; Col. Tom Manion, Chairman Emeritus, and Ryan Manion, Preisdent, of the Travis Manion Foundation; Daniel & Sarah Keating; Liam Kelly, CEO of Teleflex; Kevin Kent, Chairman of the Irish American Business Chamber & Network.

Business Awards in Philadelphia

Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall presented the Irish American Business Chamber &…

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Celebrating St. Patrick in the United States

Some of the biggest and best parades celebrating Ireland’s patron saint actually take place in…

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Bob Downey talks to Glenn Kenny about his work after a showing of Putney Swope at Waterside Plaza NYC.

Downey Talks

Nowadays people think of Bob Downey as actor Robert Downey, Jr.’s father, but back in…

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Dublin Apocalypse Manuscript Now Online

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) celebrated the digitization of the Dublin Apocalypse manuscript, one of great…

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First Word: Trailblazers Past & Present

It was the first time that I knew the full weight of Irish America. Coming…

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Steve Earle and the Dukes.

Galway Girl

The Transatlantic Connection That Inspired a Tribal Anthem: An encounter in Galway 20 years ago…

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On the set of The Promise. Terry's son, Seamus (pictured left), is the assistant director.

Hall of Fame: Academy Award-Winning Director Terry George

There is a thread that links each of Terry George’s films, and it comes directly…

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Adrian Flannelly (right) broadcasting from his New York studio with former New York City mayor Ed Koch.

Hall of Fame: Broadcaster Adrian Flannelly

He’s been praised by the New York Daily News as the “Dean of Irish Radio in the…

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Arturo O'Farrill pictured in front of some Brooklyn street art.

Hall of Fame: Grammy Award-Winning Musician Arturo O’Farrill

At first the names Arturo and O’Farrill don’t seem to belong together. But, in the…

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Hall of Fame: Irish Repertory Theatre Founders Charlotte Moore & Ciarán O’Reilly

The year is 1980. A former movie actor, Ronald Reagan, whose great-grandfather was an emigrant…

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John Dearie pictured with Gerry Adams in 2018.

Hall of Fame: Lawyer, Public Servant, and Peacemaker John C. Dearie

John Dearie may not remember the specific year, but he remembers a very small, very…

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NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill, taken by Mark Condren for his book, NYPD: Behind the Scenes with the Men and Women of the New York City Police Department.

Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill

“Jimmy’s not just a cop’s cop. He’s a New Yorker’s New Yorker.” When it comes…

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Platic washed up on the beach.

Ireland Leading the War on Plastic

Ireland, the first to ban smoking in public places and the first to charge for…

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Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in The Irishman.

Irish Eye on Hollywood: March / April 2019

THE IRISHMAN FOR 2020? It’s time for Academy Award predictions – for 2020!  It’s never…

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Bob Crowe and Elizabeth Bagley (former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal) with Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Dan Mulhall and his wife Greta.

Irish in Palm Beach

Both the Ireland-U.S. Council’s 27th Annual Winter Meeting and the Ireland Funds’ 29th Annual Emerald…

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Irish Nurses Strike for Fair Pay

Ireland’s nurses went on strike on January 30 in a dispute over pay and staff…

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The Ireland Funds Young Leaders in New York for a four-day meet-up.

John Brennan Speaks to Young Leaders

Over 150 young business leaders from the U.S. and abroad gathered in New York City…

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The artist Louise Peabody and singer Judy Collins pose in front of Peabody’s portrait of Collins at the Century Club.

Judy Collins on the Town

Singer and author Judy Collins, just off an 18-month tour with Stephen Stills, and with…

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James Connolly.

Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found

In Nora Connolly’s 1935 memoir of her father, James Connolly, she mentions a play of…

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Photographer Mark Condren (left) and Sgt. Conor McDonald at the launch of Condren’s book of New York’s finest in action.

NYPD Photo Launch

Mark Condren pitched the idea of an NYPD-centric coffee table book to Commissioner James O’Neill…

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Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Alice McDermott, Marie Heaney, and Jim Rooney at the GIH gala.

NYU Glucksman Ireland House Gala Honors

The awarding-winning writer Alice McDermott and Pittsburgh business leader Jim Rooney were honored at the…

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Fionnula Flanagan with Mark Lambert, who play Aunt Maggie Faraway and Uncle Patrick Carney, respectively, in The Ferryman, and Eoin Cannon, who plays Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes: The Musical, which is destined for Broadway.

Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Awards

The crowd-pleasing rugby play Alone It Stands scored Best Production at the 2019 Origin 1st Irish…

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Fionnula Flanagan with Mark Lambert, who play Aunt Maggie Faraway and Uncle Patrick Carney, respectively, in The Ferryman, and Eoin Cannon, who plays Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes: The Musical, which is destined for Broadway.

Origin Theatre's 1st Irish Awards

The crowd-pleasing rugby play Alone It Stands scored Best Production at the 2019 Origin 1st Irish…

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Patrick Killen with his daughter, Margaret, and son, Joseph Patrick, 1934.

Photo Album: My Grandfather, the Diver

My grandfather, Patrick Joseph Killen, (“Pop”), was born in Downpatrick, County Down, in 1897. He sailed…

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Review of Books

Recently published books by Irish and Irish-American authors. ℘℘℘ In the Galway Silence  by Ken…

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The O'Neill family crest.

Roots: The Ferocious and Fascinating O’Neills

Members of the O’Neill Clan (anglicized from Ui Néill, “Néill” meaning “champion”) can trace their…

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A little girl enjoys the rainfall.

Sláinte! Rainy Day Comfort

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” – Anonymous  …

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Singer Mary Deady and author Mary Pat Kelly in performance at the Irish Repertory Theatre.

Story and Song

Author Mary Pat Kelly launched her latest his  torical fiction novel, Irish Above All, with…

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Syrian Refugee in Ireland Wins Science Award

Suad Al Darra, a master’s student studying computer science at NUI Galway’s College of Engineering…

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The Cry of the Curlew

Irish Plant and Animal Life Endangered ℘℘℘ One third of the species of Irish plant…

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The Buffalo Bisons, 1882. Daily is circled.

The One-Armed Pitcher

A one-armed Irishman with a bat… It just sounds problematic. And baseball player Hugh “One…

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The Churubusco monastery at the height of the 1847 Battle of Churubusco, during which the Batallón de San Patricio was captured, painted by James Walker.

The Passion of the San Patricios

Irish America looks back at the legacy of St. Patrick’s Battalion, an honor-bound group of…

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Tánaiste Simon Coveney meeting with former congressman Peter King (R-NY) and Congressman Richie Neal (D-MA) in Washington, D.C.

The Tánaiste Goes to Washington

Simon Coveney, the Tánaiste (Ireland’s deputy prime minister) was in New York in February to…

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Famed architect Kevin Roche.

Those We Lost

Recent passings in the Irish and Irish American communities. ℘℘℘ Eileen…

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Those We Lost: Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche, the prominent Dublin-born, American architect who brought his modernist style to many significant…

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L-R: Rob Donelson, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations UCC; Prof. Patrick O'Shea, President of UCC; Prof. Kevin Kenny, Director of Glucksman Ireland House NYU; and Ciarán Madden, Ireland's Consul General to New York.

UCC at NYU

Alumni of University College Cork got together at NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House, for a reception hosted…

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Isadora with her dancers, The Isadorables.

Wild Irish Women: Isadora Duncan

An American pioneer of dance and an important figure in both the arts and history,…

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FIRST WORD

First Word: Trailblazers Past & Present

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NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill, taken by Mark Condren for his book, NYPD: Behind the Scenes with the Men and Women of the New York City Police Department. Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill

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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Patrick Killen with his daughter, Margaret, and son, Joseph Patrick, 1934.

Photo Album: My Grandfather, the Diver

My grandfather, Patrick Joseph Killen, (“Pop”), was born in Downpatrick, County Down, in 1897. He sailed…

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