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Jeanie Johnston Makes Her Way Up The East Coast

By Marian Betancourt, Contributor
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

The Jeanie Johnston sails the open seas.

Floating Museum Shows Irish-Americans What Ancestors Encountered. In 1848 it would cost you $5.50 to cross the Atlantic from Ireland on the sailing ship Jeanie Johnston. That fare represented half a year's wages for an Irish laborer hoping to start a new life in America. Today, for $7.00 you can buy a ticket to visit the Jeanie Johnston replica, a floating museum, while it … [Read more...] about Jeanie Johnston Makes Her Way Up The East Coast

Into the Mystic

By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

That one?!" Noreen Walshe responded to a fan at the Irish Arts Center in New York who told her that one of the paintings the Meath artist chose to display was a personal favorite. "You like that one?" Her eyes opened wide in question, then she cast them down to her feet, a blush blooming her cheeks. It was the color of a youthful spirit seasoned with the humility of a … [Read more...] about Into the Mystic

Dreaming of Freedom

By Michelle McDonagh, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

A new exhibit in Boston traces the city's history as a gateway to the United States and freedom. A state-of-the-art multimedia exhibition honoring Boston's diverse mix of immigrants has opened to the public at the city's new $3 million Dreams of Freedom Center. Located at One Milk Street, the birth site of Benjamin Franklin Dreams of Freedom invites visitors to take a … [Read more...] about Dreaming of Freedom

The Beckett of Paint

By Lauren Byrne, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

"I live, you might say, in gilded squalor," Dublin-born painter Francis Bacon once remarked, explaining his attachment to 7 Reece Mews, the spartan twelve-by-eight-foot London flat that was both his home and studio for the last 30 years of his life. For Bacon, the drab, confining space, accessed by a ship's ladder, was more than just a place to hang his hat. With its … [Read more...] about The Beckett of Paint

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