For those who still believe that good, rich, dry wine remains the exclusive domain of the French, Italians, and Spanish, it's about time they wake up and smell the bouquet. Today, Irish Americans are producing fine wine up and down the Napa and Sonoma valleys, and if things continue, the wine books will need to be rewritten to include a chapter on Irishmen in the … [Read more...] about California’s ‘Irish’ Wine Makers
February 1991
Perspectives: An Irish Empire – The Time is Right
The following remarks by Donald Keough, president of Coca-Cola, were made during a recent visit to Ireland, where he spoke to the Drogheda, County Louth Chamber of Commerce. The Irish presence in North America, both Catholic and Protestant, goes back to colonial times. But the really massive migrations occurred in the nineteenth century when wave after wave of Irish … [Read more...] about Perspectives: An Irish Empire – The Time is Right
First Word: Step It Out Mary!
Dublin: The New Year dawned bright as a button in Ireland with the accession to office of the first woman president of the Irish Republic, Mary Robinson. Even the British, not known for their admiration of Irish politicians, were suitably impressed with Robinson, making her "Woman of the Year" in one newspaper poll. In Ireland, the press office at Aras an Uachtaran, the … [Read more...] about First Word: Step It Out Mary!


