Irish America
Irish America
"We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams....Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever it seems.” – Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy Arthur O’Shaughnessy is known for originating the line “movers and shakers,” and this issue of Irish America is full of both. There is something for everyone. Our genealogical detective Megan Smolenyak tracks “music … [Read more...] about Trailblazers Past & Present
“Just give me your hand in a gesture of peace / Just give me your hand and all troubles will cease / The strong and the weak, both the rich and the poor / All peoples and creeds, let’s meet their needs.” Words from the Irish song “Tabhair Dom Do Lámh,” which translates to English as “Give me your Hand.”Congratulations to our Business 100 honorees and our Keynote speaker Denis … [Read more...] about The First Word: Tabhair Dom Do Lámh
As we celebrate our 35th year we are indeed thankful to still be publishing despite the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the media business and indeed, almost every other business as well.We have you, the patient reader, and you the supportive Irish American business world, to thank for keeping our publication marching forward, looking ahead and miraculously … [Read more...] about The First Word: 35 Years of Irish America
“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.Dear readers: We hope that you are enjoying a summer respite from the pandemic and reuniting with friends and family. We are living through strange and stressful times, to be sure, but I do not doubt that things will get better.History makes plain that … [Read more...] about The First Word: There’s No Hope in History
It's Christmas Eve and the Brew and Burger on 47th Street where I work is crowded with last-minute shoppers and tired children brought in from the boroughs and New Jersey to see the tree at Rockefeller Center by irritated parents and young nannies with short skirts who look at their watches anxiously. I'm 21 years old, just out from Ireland a couple of months and homesick. For … [Read more...] about The First Word: At Home in America
