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2012 Hall of Fame Highlight Reel

March 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Among the inductees were Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Commissioner Ray Kelly, John Lahey, Tom Moran and Kevin Roche. Maureen Dowd of the New York Times also presented the Irish Spirit Award to Arthur & Barbara Gelb. … [Read more...] about 2012 Hall of Fame Highlight Reel

Dr. John Lahey Induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame

March 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

At the 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, presented by Irish America magazine, Quinnipiac University president Dr. John L. Lahey was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan.   … [Read more...] about Dr. John Lahey Induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame

2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Highlights

March 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on March 14, 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Among the inductees were Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Commissioner Ray Kelly, John Lahey, Tom Moran and Kevin Roche. Maureen Dowd of the New York Times also presented the Irish Spirit Award to Arthur & Barbara Gelb.   … [Read more...] about 2012 Irish America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Highlights

Dr. John L. Lahey: Irish America Hall of Fame

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
April / May 2012

March 13, 2012 by 1 Comment

Dr. John L. Lahey, university president and preserver of our history, is inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. President of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut for over 25 years, Dr. John L. Lahey  is as dedicated to leadership and education as he is to his Irish ancestry. The burgeoning Quinnipiac campus, its unprecedented Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, and … [Read more...] about Dr. John L. Lahey: Irish America Hall of Fame

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John Farrow, screenwriter, director and father of actress Mia Farrow, was born on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia to John Farrow and Mary Savage Villiers. After working as a sailor he went to Hollywood in the 1920s and got his first job as a technical advisor. He then became a screenwriter in, notably writing the script for “Tarzan Escapes” (1936) where he met his  future wife, Irish-born Maureen O’Sullivan, who played Jane. She converted Farrow to Catholicism and he later wrote biographies of Saint Thomas More and Saint Damien of Molokai. Farrow’sgreatest accomplishments were his Academy Award win for the “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1956) script and his nomination as Best Director for Wake Island (1942).

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