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The Lessons of Division

By Laura Farrell, Contributor
June / July 2004

July 7, 2017 by By Laura Farrell, Contributor<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2004-archive/june-july-2004/”>June / July 2004</a> Leave a Comment

This past March I traveled through Northern Ireland as part of a group of 19 students and administrators from New York University's Gallatin School. We had come to Northern Ireland to gain a better understanding of human rights issues. What I gained an understanding of, however, was how large the gap had become between what I thought I knew and the reality of Northern Irish … [Read more...] about The Lessons of Division

The Irish Character

By Thomas Cahill, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by By Thomas Cahill, Contributor<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2004-archive/june-july-2004/”>June / July 2004</a> Leave a Comment

A year before the American Revolution, Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote a letter to the bishop of Killaloe in which he remarked, "The Irish are a fair people; They never speak well of one another." This clever characterization -- or caricature, if you like -- may rub you the wrong way, but you will recognize in it a small germ of truth, namely, the social habit the Irish themselves … [Read more...] about The Irish Character

September 21, 1985

Irish American actor George Clooney makes his first debut in television’s “Facts of Life” on this day in 1985. Clooney, who was unknown at the time, gained the reappearing role as the handyman on “Facts of Life,” the popular tv sitcom. He was on the show for 17 episodes, but did not shoot to fame until his role as Dr. Doug Ross on “ER” beginning in 1994. Clooney went on to star in hit films such as, “Ocean’s Eleven,” “The Perfect Storm,” and 2011’s “The Descendants.”

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