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Bing Crosby

My Guiltiest Pleasure

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
August / September 2000

March 29, 2023 by 1 Comment

The Bells of St. Mary's: a tribute to a classic that humanizes CatholicismAnyone who has survived Catholic schooling -- in my case, eight years of torture by Dominican nuns, then four years of more refined sadism at the hands of Jesuit priests -- cannot help watching Leo McCarey's "The Bells of St. Mary's" with deeply mixed emotions. One of Hollywood's most popular religious … [Read more...] about My Guiltiest Pleasure

The Future of Irish America

Peter Quinn looks at the position of
Irish Americans as we embrace the new millennium.

April / May 2000

June 26, 2020 by 1 Comment

“Whatever the future may hold, wherever it may take us, we can bring along only what we possess, and if we don’t possess our past, if instead of a true history and a significant literature, we bring along only trivia, empty myths and a handful of stories, or-worst of all -- the latest intellectually fashionable versions of ourselves, we will offer those to come after nothing of … [Read more...] about The Future of Irish America

Peter Quinn looks at the position of
Irish Americans as we embrace the new millennium.

Redeeming Bing Crosby,
the Voice of Christmas

By Bob Lydon
December 22, 2017

December 22, 2017 by 2 Comments

Bing Crosby was once considered the greatest crooner of all and his recording of "White Christmas" remains the best-selling single of all time, with an estimated 100 million copies sold world-wide. And yet the distortion of Bing Crosby's accomplishments and reputation has been as remarkable as his career. Here, we debunk many of the myths that have circulated since the singer's … [Read more...] about Redeeming Bing Crosby,
the Voice of Christmas

Redeeming Bing

By Bob Lydon, Contributor
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Bing Crosby.

Once considered the greatest crooner of all, the distortion of Bing Crosby's accomplishments and reputation has been as remarkable as his career. Bob Lydon debunks many of the myths that have circulated since the singer's death in 1977.  ℘℘℘ Bing Crosby died on a golf course near Madrid, Spain, on October 14, 1977. He was 74 and well past his career peak years which spanned … [Read more...] about Redeeming Bing

The Greatest Irish Americans of the Century: Song and Dance

By Irish America Staff

November 1999

November 4, 1999 by Leave a Comment

The Dorsey BrothersSultans of SwingTo fans of jazz and swing, the Dorsey brothers need no introduction. As musicians, composers and dance band leaders, they are inextricably linked with the swing craze during the big-band era of the 1930s and 1940s. Their numerous hits include "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," "I'll Never Smile Again," and "Boogie-Woogie." In all, they sold a … [Read more...] about The Greatest Irish Americans of the Century: Song and Dance

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June 30, 1932

On this day, Eamon de Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance, a provisional aspect in the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. This provisional aspect originally required all members of the Irish parliament to take an oath declaring their allegiance to the King. This date also marked when de Valera withheld land annuities from England.

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