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Irish-American identity

Confessions of a
Bronx Irish Catholic

By Peter Quinn, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Over the years, I've spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about what it means to be Irish. Occasionally, my public writings and ruminations on the subject have led to me being described (and dismissed) as a "professional Irishman." If only it were true! Unfortunately, I'm still a semi-pro, forced to make a living at activities unrelated to my ethnic investigations.A … [Read more...] about Confessions of a
Bronx Irish Catholic

The Irish as Playful Souls

By Andrew Greeley, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

The old St. Patrick's Day quip about there being two kinds of people – those who are Irish and those who wish they were – turns out to be not so far from wrong.The research my colleague Michael Hout has carried out shows that there are a lot more Americans claiming to be Irish than one might expect from immigration records, because the children of ethnically mixed marriages … [Read more...] about The Irish as Playful Souls

Rosie O’Donnell

Queen of Comedy

Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Rosie O'Donnell, the queen of daytime TV, recalls the time she and her family spent in Ireland shortly after the death of her mother.℘℘℘I remember eating salt and vinegar potato chips and having sweets, the candy, those Marathon bars, remember those? We used to go to the woods and my cousin would shoot cap guns and we'd hide in the bushes and watch the helicopters come because … [Read more...] about Rosie O’Donnell

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