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Eileen McDonnell

35 Years: 1985-2020

September 23, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Looking back at Irish America’s premier issue we see that it set the tone for what was to come: a thorough investigation into what it means to be Irish American. Thirty-five years later, we are still answering that question and still pondering the answers. Enjoy these quotes compiled over 35 years. -The Irish America Team 1986 Tip O'Neill “Growing up as a youngster in … [Read more...] about 35 Years: 1985-2020

Coping During the Pandemic

Tom Deignan
Summer 2021

September 3, 2021 by

How the ongoing pandemic has motivated people to forge ahead by keeping a positive attitude. Tom Deignan interviews members of the Irish America community on their experience. Kathleen Donohoe, writer Quarantine made things feel awfully cramped in the Brooklyn apartment Kathleen Donohoe shares with her husband, Travis, and 10 year-old son, Liam. “We dreamed of … [Read more...] about Coping During the Pandemic

Fathers of Influence

By Irish America Staff

June 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Maggie Holland and her father Dan at an Atlético Madrid game while on a trip to Spain in February 2017.

In honor of Father's Day, a collection of remembrances from Irish and Irish-American daughters on their fathers, many of which came from Irish America interviews. Eileen Murray, co-chair of Bridgewater Associates “My dad was in WWII, and Korea. He wanted to go to Vietnam, but did not. He felt that when the country needed you, you better stand up and go serve it, and … [Read more...] about Fathers of Influence

Cheerleader-in-Chief

By Patricia Harty & Maggie Holland
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Eileen McDonnell, Chairman & CEO of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

  Eileen McDonnell, the Chairman & CEO of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, discusses her Irish heritage, breaking the glass ceiling, and the way forward. ℘℘℘ When parents tell their children that they can do anything, it’s all too often taken with too many grains of salt. But Eileen McDonnell believed her parents. She had no reason not to. And it served her well. … [Read more...] about Cheerleader-in-Chief

Roots:
The Mighty McDonnells

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by 1 Comment

The name McDonnell accounts for a widespread group of individuals of Irish or Scottish heritage. Categorized as a patronymic (a name labelling by male ancestor), McDonnell is an anglicization of the Irish Mac Domhnall, meaning “son of Domhnall” (pronounced DOH-nal). Domhnall is conclusively of Scottish origin, deriving from the migration of Donald of Islay’s (d. 1423) … [Read more...] about Roots:
The Mighty McDonnells

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March 27, 1872

Mary MacSwiney was born on this day in 1872. She was a founding member of the Munster Women’s Franchise League, in Cork, and there became involved with various republican groups. She was arrested and imprisoned following the Easter Rising. The following year, she and her sister, Annie, founded St. Ita’s School for girls in Cork City, where all subjects would be taught in Irish. MacSwiney was elected to Sinn Féin, and was appointed to the Cabinet of the Second Dáil in 1922. Twice imprisoned during the Civil War, she participated in a twenty-one day hunger-strike in Mountjoy Gaol, and a twenty-four day hunger-strike in Kilmainham Gaol.

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