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Christmas Movies

By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter December 18, 2021

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“It’s the holiday season…” So sings Andy Williams - as have many other crooners - in the classic Christmas song “Happy Holidays.” For many Irish Americans, that “holiday season” means it’s time for our annual trip to Macy’s in New York City where, in 1947, Irish Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara portrayed a busy holiday parade planner, in the beloved Yuletide flick Miracle on … [Read more...] about Christmas Movies

Hibernia Happenings

By Irish America Staff

January 2000

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Galway Guide Is a Bird in the Hand Visitors to Galway and other parts of the West of Ireland are well advised to pick up a handy new magazine which contains extensive information on where to eat, dance, drink, hang out and generally just be seen. Magpie magazine, launched last year by the highly successful Galway Advertiser group, also features regular articles on a … [Read more...] about Hibernia Happenings

A Night to Remember


By Frank McCourt

January 2000

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Frank McCourt's second book, 'Tis, follows, on where Angela's Ashes leaves off with the young Limerick man making his way in New York. In the following excerpt Frank's pal Paddy McGovern takes him to an Irish dance hall. Paddy Arthur McGovern warns me that if I keep on listening to that noisy jazz music I'll wind up like the Lennon brothers so American I'll forget I’m Irish … [Read more...] about A Night to Remember

‘Tis Frank

By Patricia Harty , Editor-in-Chief

January 2000

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How are you? Running, running, running from place to place, signing books and talking. How does it feel to have both books number one on The New York Times best-seller lists? Well, as someone said to me on the phone from New York, "Thank God, you are keeping Dutch out of first place." Don't know when that will change. ['Tis] can't stay up there forever, and I'm practicing … [Read more...] about ‘Tis Frank

35 Years: 1985-2020

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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