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Endgame: The Road to
Peace in Northern Ireland

By Siobhán Tracey, Contributor
October / November 2002

October 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

"This is the first time the inside story of the Irish peace process has been told by so many of the major politicians and paramilitary leaders who helped shape it." – WGBH executive producer Zvi Dor-Ner ℘℘℘ Endgame in Ireland, a four-hour PBS special documenting the hard-fought road to peace in Northern Ireland from the onset of The Troubles in the late 1960s to the IRA … [Read more...] about Endgame: The Road to
Peace in Northern Ireland

JFK Superstar: The Kennedys of Hollywood

By Joseph McBride

August / September 1999

August 1, 1999 by Leave a Comment

JFK and family members in Ireland in June 1963.

The day Kennedy was elected president, my father, Raymond McBride, borrowed my 1928 "Al Smith for President" button and wore it to work at the Milwaukee Journal as a witty reminder of how far Irish Catholics had come in American national life. I was fortunate to have the opportunity of meeting JFK on three occasions in 1960 and 1962 because my mother, Marian, was vice-chairman … [Read more...] about JFK Superstar: The Kennedys of Hollywood

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