geraldine finucane

The First Word:
“Dear Sir or Madam”

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/patricia-harty/">Patricia Harty</a>, Editor-in-Chief<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2001-archive/august-september-2001/">August / September 2001</a> Leave a Comment

When Northern Ireland comes to lunch, it can be uncomfortable. It nags at complacency and the notion that everything will be okay and peace will hold, even though there are signs that say otherwise. On June 19 – a beautiful New York morning – I make my way to the Mutual of America building on Park Avenue for a National Committee on American Foreign Policy lunch to hear … [Read more...] about The First Word:
“Dear Sir or Madam”

U.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry

By Niall O’Dowd
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/niall-odowd/">Niall O’Dowd</a><br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2001-archive/august-september-2001/">August / September 2001</a> Leave a Comment

The U.S.-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) has called on the British government to set up a full judicial inquiry into the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane, the Belfast lawyer. One of Northern Ireland's leading defense attorneys, Finucane, who often represented clients accused of IRA crimes, was shot dead in front of his family on February 12, 1989. A … [Read more...] about U.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry

September 17, 1903

On this day in 1903, Irish American writer Frank O’Connor was born in Cork, Ireland. In 1918, O’Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and helped fight in the war for independence. However, he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was imprisoned for being one of the Anti-Treaty combatants. After his release, O’Connor served briefly as a managing director at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, but then accepted a teaching position in the U.S. Many of O’Connor’s short stories were published in The New Yorker, for which he received much acclaim. His memoir, An Only Child, was also very successful.

The First Word:
“Dear Sir or Madam”

U.S. Call for Finucane Inquiry

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