Irish America
Irish America
Jane McCooey once had a profound epiphany about her career, which so far has ventured into the fields of law, tech, and high finance. It came while she was playing Camogie. “You don’t really talk about work when you’re there – you just go to train and play,” the Armagh native and Morgan Stanley executive said during our recent interview. “But half the … [Read more...] about Leading With Purpose And Ambition
With two years on the New York Times bestseller list and over five million copies in print, Leon Uris's Trinity is probably the biggest-selling novel ever written about Ireland and the Irish struggle. Now, almost twenty years later, Uris returns to Ireland with Redemption (Harper Collins, $25, 848p), a sequel to Trinity which continues the sagas of the Larkin and Weed-Hubble … [Read more...] about Leon’s Redemption
Patricia Harty talks to the Princess of Daytime Talk: Rosie O'Donnell They call her the Princess of Daytime talk shows. Our own Rosie O'Donnell who, at just 35 years old, seems to have the world at her feet. In 1989 when I.A. first interviewed Rosie she was already a successful comedian and "vee-jay" on VH-1. Since then she has received an Emmy nomination for her HBO Comedy … [Read more...] about Rosie Revealed
Liam Neeson's name is synonymous with success. The big, handsome actor from Ballymena, Co. Antrim, has become one of the leading international stars of our time. Nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, the veteran of some 35 movies has taken on the role of Ireland's revolutionary leader Michael "The Big Fella" Collins, in a Neil … [Read more...] about The Big Fella: An Interview with Liam Neeson
In 1998, Alice McDermott's fourth novel, Charming Billy, captured the National Book Award. Few were surprised. McDermott had previously been nominated for two Pulitzers and another N.B.A. But McDermott was so sure she wouldn't win she didn't prepare an acceptance speech. Standing in front of hundreds of the most powerful people in the world of writing, she gracefully … [Read more...] about Alice McDermott
