Irish America
Irish America
If flat racing is the "sport of kings," steeplechasing is the "sport of commoners." In Ireland and Britain and as a spectacle, it has few sporting equals. Niall O'Donovan reports. Hanafin, Milligan, Mulligan, McManus, O'Mahoney, O'Mara, O'Rourke. Great Irish writers? No, just the lyrical impression that a line of bookmakers made on a visiting English writer to a little … [Read more...] about The Thrill of the Chase
It's been a good year for Maura O'Connell. In addition to releasing her third solo album, "A Real Life Story," her tours are doing well. But significantly for Maura, she was also nominated for a Grammy and whatever you make of the Grammys the Oscars of the music business—her nomination is an accolade she treasures. "When I was nominated, I was just flabbergasted," she recalls. … [Read more...] about The Irish in Country | From County Clare to Country Nashville
The stretch limousine pulls up outside the backstage door at the Westbury Music Fair in Long Island, New York on a warm Sunday evening in early April. And Eddie Rabbitt, 6'3," skinny as a rail and clad in tight jeans and cowboy boots emerges. Fans lean over the rail to be kissed and have their hands shaken and Eddie smiles good-naturedly, signing autographs and joking to the … [Read more...] about An American Boy with a Touch of the Old Country
