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The Bearing of the Green

By Pete Hamill, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by 2 Comments

Some thoughts on being Irish-American. As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption: there is no way to precisely define that elusive, complex human category called the Irish-American. The tools of sociology are as inadequate to the task as the forms of the Census Bureau, and the jeweler's art of the lexicographer can't come close to an answer. This should … [Read more...] about The Bearing of the Green

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On this day in 1942, “Abie’s Irish Rose” was first heard on NBC radio. The radio series was inspired by the Broadway play written by Anne Nichols. A popular comedy and Nichols’ most famous production, it was also later adapted into a movie. The story focuses on a well-to-do New York Jewish family consisting of a widower father and his only son. Conflict arises when the son begins courting an Irish Catholic girl. The two secretly marry, and comedy and drama ensue as they attempt to reconcile their worlds.

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