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O’Toole in Charge

By Lauren Byrne, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by </a> By Lauren Byrne, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2004-archive/october-november-2004/">October / November 2004</a> Leave a Comment

Boston Police Commissioner Kathy O'Toole serves as top cop to the nation's oldest police force and brings a global approach to the job. ℘℘℘ It's a week after the Democratic National Convention, and Boston's 37th police commissioner is warily eyeing my tape recorder. Since taking up the job six months ago, the city's first woman commissioner, Kathleen O'Toole, has had to deal … [Read more...] about O’Toole in Charge

September 17, 1903

On this day in 1903, Irish American writer Frank O’Connor was born in Cork, Ireland. In 1918, O’Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and helped fight in the war for independence. However, he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was imprisoned for being one of the Anti-Treaty combatants. After his release, O’Connor served briefly as a managing director at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, but then accepted a teaching position in the U.S. Many of O’Connor’s short stories were published in The New Yorker, for which he received much acclaim. His memoir, An Only Child, was also very successful.

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