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The Mighty Quinn

By Richard and Janis Londraville

May 1992

July 14, 2026 by Leave a Comment

On reading the correspondence of central early twentieth-century literary figures such as W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce, one finds the name of John Quinn appearing as a kind of oblique leitmotif, and his function seems to be as some sort of agent or patron or perhaps both. This shadowiness is at least in part his own creation, for Quinn … [Read more...] about The Mighty Quinn

The Geese Who Flew South

By Michael P. Cahill

January 1989

July 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Though it is often overlooked, Louisiana played an early and important role in the story of the Irish in America. Michael P. Cahill reviews the Irish ~ as well as the Anglo-Irish, Scotch-Irish, Franco-Irish and Spanish-Irish ~ influences in the Mississippi Delta. It is no secret that the Irish have played a major part in the history of the United States. It is, however, often … [Read more...] about The Geese Who Flew South

“Over There”

By Mary Pat Kelly

February 1992

June 29, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an audience with Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S. has just entered World War II. Cohan feels left behind by a generation that doesn't remember the days when he dominated Broadway, first in his family's … [Read more...] about “Over There”

The History of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York

From the Ancient Order of Hibernians

March April 1993

June 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment

The St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York is not new to controversy. 1992 and 1993 saw an all-out battle openly waged in the media between those who support the inclusion of the Irish Gays and Lesbian Organization in the parade (including Mayor Dinkins) and the AOH (backed by Cardinal O'Connor) who are determined to keep the parade strictly Catholic and heterosexual. John T. … [Read more...] about The History of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York

Ourselves Alone: An Interview with Gerry Adams

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April 1991

May 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

The Sinn Féin office is located in a what could hardly be called a luxury building in what seems to be a mostly deserted area of West Belfast. In the room where I sit, there is a one-bar electric fire, a couple of mismatched chairs and little else. Somewhere on the outside a band is practicing, the drums that one usually associates with Loyalists are getting a fair belting from … [Read more...] about Ourselves Alone: An Interview with Gerry Adams

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Irish singer Bob Geldof, U2 lead singer Bono and several other members of an international lobby group called the Jubilee 2000 Coalition met with Pope John Paul II on this day in 1999. The group called for the cancellation of all third world debts by the year 2000. At this historical meeting, Pope John Paul II gave the group his endorsement and blessing in hopes that world leader’s would be motivated to do the same.

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