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Who’s Irish in Hell?

By Marilyn Cole Lownes, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

A look at Warren Allen Smith's Who's Who in Hell. Warren Allen Smith, whose great-grandfather was an Irish-American named Curran, has, with tongue firmly wedged in cheek, we suspect, compiled a 1200 page compendium with the fascinating title Who's Who in Hell. One might think he's rushing things a bit because the book lists atheists, humanists, naturalists, freethinkers, … [Read more...] about Who’s Irish in Hell?

Absolutely Beautiful

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2002

December 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The faces of Ireland.

Enter any bookstore, be it mom and pop or chain retailer, and there are sure to be stacks upon stacks of coffee table books with Irish photographs. But now comes one so lovely it seems more suited for an auction house than a coffee table. Gerald Hoberman has produced a book of breathtaking photographs that he took throughout the isle and has paired them with the informative and … [Read more...] about Absolutely Beautiful

Book Reviews:
The Latest Irish Books

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

NON-FICTIONThe Irish cop is no stereotype. As authors Thomas Reppetto and James Lardner show, in their informative new history NYPD: A City and Its Police, the Irish have played an integral role on New York City's police force since its creation in 1844. By the mid- 1880s, the authors write, one survey "found that out of approximately three thousand police officers of all ranks … [Read more...] about Book Reviews:
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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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