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A Challenging Woman: Remembering Inez McCormack

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2015

May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Inez McCormack, the late labor leader and human rights activist from Northern Ireland, once said that her greatest achievement was “seeing the glint in the eye of the woman who thought she was nobody, and now realizes she’s somebody.” McCormack would have had a glint in her own eye had she witnessed the turnout for a recent screening of a documentary on her life in … [Read more...] about A Challenging Woman: Remembering Inez McCormack

What Would Jimmy Do? “Jimmy’s Hall” at Tribeca

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2015

May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In August 1933, James Gralton became the only Irish citizen to have been deported from Ireland. Despite having no evidence to substantiate their charge that he was a subversive communist, de Valera’s government, in collusion with the Catholic Church and complacent county politicians, forcibly removed Gralton from his country without trial. He never returned and died 12 years … [Read more...] about What Would Jimmy Do? “Jimmy’s Hall” at Tribeca

What Would Jimmy Do?
“Jimmy’s Hall” at Tribeca

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2015

May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In August 1933, James Gralton became the only Irish citizen to have been deported from Ireland. Despite having no evidence to substantiate their charge that he was a subversive communist, de Valera’s government, in collusion with the Catholic Church and complacent county politicians, forcibly removed Gralton from his country without trial. He never returned and died 12 years … [Read more...] about What Would Jimmy Do?
“Jimmy’s Hall” at Tribeca

Foot Tapping…
Modern Trad in New York

By Tara Dougherty, Music Editor
June / July 2015

May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

There is always a welcoming buzz of familiarity at the Irish Arts Center. On a night in late April, This Is How We Fly made their New York City debut. The quartet of fiddle, clarinet, drums, and percussive dance had drawn in a full house for opening night: few sharply-dressed Wall Street types, an award-winning violinist (who looked borderline indecent without his haughty … [Read more...] about Foot Tapping…
Modern Trad in New York

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July 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence was famously signed on this day in 1776, marking the end of the American Revolution and forming a free nation. John Hancock’s signature is perhaps the most famous, however there were several Irish born patriots who signed the declaration. George Taylor, Matthew Thornton and James Smith attended as delegates at the Constitutional Convention. Taylor, who was a merchant from Pennsylvania, was originally born in Ireland in 1716. Smith, a lawyer, originally came from Ulster, born there in 1719. Thornton, a physician and militiaman representing New Hampshire, was born in Ireland in 1714.

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