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Kathleen Sullivan

Adopted American Finally Uncovers Irish Birthplace and Family

By Mary Gallagher, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Ohio-raised Kathleen Sullivan recently discovered that she was one of thousands of Irish babies sent to well-off American families in the mid-20th century for profit. While Sullivan knew that she was adopted, it was her son Dennis’s insistence on contacting respected Irish adoption researcher Clodagh Malone that led to the eventual revelation that Sullivan was born in Dublin’s … [Read more...] about Adopted American Finally Uncovers Irish Birthplace and Family

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A Roundabout Theater Company revival of Brian Friel’s famous 1964 play “Philadelphia Here I Come!” opens at the Criterion Center in New York. The production starred Robert Sean Leonard as Gareth O’Donnell as well as a supporting cast of notable Irish character actors, including Milo O’Shea, Pauline Flanagan, Leo Leyden and Jarlath Conroy. “This 1964 work established the Irish playwright as one of international stature,” the New York Times wrote in its review, “30 years later, it seems no less fresh and vital.”

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