"My father came here with five pounds in his pocket" “On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2011, as the parade goes up Fifth Avenue I will be thinking of the father who came over with five pounds in his pocket and who died when I was only eleven, the mother who encouraged my dreams of being a writer by treating every word I wrote as though it was scripted by the angels, the … [Read more...] about Mary Higgins Clark on Leading the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Mary Higgins Clark
The Higgins Clark Ladies
They did it! On Sunday, April 27, 2008, Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark became the first mother and daughter authors to place two separate books on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list at the same time. Mary Higgins Clark retains her “Queen of Suspense” crown as her novel Where Are You Now?, the story of a sister’s search for her Columbia University student … [Read more...] about The Higgins Clark Ladies
A Celebration of Irish Women
An exhibit celebrating the accomplishments of Irish-American women is coming to Dreams of Freedom: Boston's Immigration Museum, from February 17 -- April 30, 2003. "Fire Upon the Hearth: A Celebration of Irish American Women" features dozens of Irish immigrant and American-born women who made significant contributions in the fields of work, politics, education, literature, … [Read more...] about A Celebration of Irish Women
Greatest Irish Americans
Book Launch
Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan and actor Milo O'Shea were just two of the Irish luminaries who turned out to celebrate the launch of Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century edited by our own Patricia Harty. The event was hosted by Mutual of America in their beautiful Sky Club, 35 floors above Park Avenue in New York City.Several of the authors who contributed essays to the book, … [Read more...] about Greatest Irish Americans
Book Launch
A Night to Remember
Irish America magazine's Top 100 awards ceremony.Of all our Top 100 awards ceremonies, this year's was perhaps the most moving as we celebrated real heroes. Irish American of the Year, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, who battled breast cancer while stationed at the South Pole, movingly contrasted the community of survivors she lived with at the polar station with the divisiveness of the … [Read more...] about A Night to Remember