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Kathleen Donohoe

Photo Album: The Wealth of the World

Summer 2021

September 8, 2021 by

At rest, this picture belongs to a wedding album from 1966. Plain, awkward even, it was composed by the photographer whose job it was to snap the parents of the groom. It doesn’t speak of small Galway farms disappearing over shoulders, the ride over the sea, their names. They are Edward Donohoe and Winnie, who was first Una Ryan, then Winnie Donohoe and, for an afternoon, Jane … [Read more...] about Photo Album: The Wealth of the World

Coping During the Pandemic

Tom Deignan
Summer 2021

September 3, 2021 by

How the ongoing pandemic has motivated people to forge ahead by keeping a positive attitude.Tom Deignan interviews members of the Irish America community on their experience.Kathleen Donohoe, writerQuarantine made things feel awfully cramped in the Brooklyn apartment Kathleen Donohoe shares with her husband, Travis, and 10 year-old son, Liam. “We dreamed of spare rooms, a … [Read more...] about Coping During the Pandemic

Review of Books:
Kathleen Donohoe’s “Ashes of Fiery Weather”

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2016

October 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Kathleen Donohoe's debut novel is a stunning and intimate portrayal of four generations of New York City firefighters that puts women at the forefront. ℘℘℘ The Irish tradition in the New York City Fire Department is undeniably rich. But it also must be said that stories of the FDNY inevitably tilt towards the male perspective, since the department has only been hiring females … [Read more...] about Review of Books:
Kathleen Donohoe’s “Ashes of Fiery Weather”

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June 11, 1919

Actor Richard Todd, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cpl. Lachlan McLachlan in 1949’s The Hasty Heart, was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin. After training for a military career, Todd changed his sights and enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts in London. He first appeared in a production of Twelfth Night in 1936. Todd enlisted in the British Army during World War II. After his successful role in The Hasty Heart, he appeared in several more films including The Longest Day (1962.) He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 and died on December 9, 2009.

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