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The First Word:
Now and in Time to Be

Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by 1 Comment

"I knew that we were Irish and I knew that Irish was the best thing to be." – Novelist Alice McDermott ℘℘℘ When I immigrated to this country I had no idea of the history of the Irish in America – indeed, I had the idea that only someone born and raised in Ireland could call themselves Irish. A Greyhound bus ticket at a cheap student rate that lasted three months and … [Read more...] about The First Word:
Now and in Time to Be

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