Following the unspeakable tragedy, the city of Boston showed amazing courage and resilience. Michael Quinlin writes of how the race served as an inspiration from the beginning. To prepare for the Boston Marathon you must approach it as a pilgrimage, a personal journey into your interior, a promise you make to yourself that you will triumph through sheer endurance and tenacity, … [Read more...] about Believe in Boston: Reflections on the Boston Marathon
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An Evening for Maeve
By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief, April 5, 2013
Friends, writers, publishers and fans gathered at Glucksman Ireland House for an evening of remembering Maeve Binchy. Random House and Maeve Binchy's publisher/editor, Carole Baron hosted a tribute to the Irish writer on Thursday evening, April 4 at Glucksman Ireland House at NYU. It was a fun night, full of laughter and stories – a fitting celebration of the life of the … [Read more...] about An Evening for Maeve
Milo O’Shea, Legendary Irish Actor, 1926 – 2013
By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief, April 3, 2013
Milo O'Shea, the legendary Irish actor or "actor who is Irish," as he preferred, passed away in hospital in New York City on April 2nd from complications of alzheimer's, his devoted wife Kitty Sullivan at his side. He was 86. He was a much loved member of the Irish community in New York and will be very missed. Milo, who had a long career as an actor, comedian, movie and … [Read more...] about Milo O’Shea, Legendary Irish Actor, 1926 – 2013
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Recent passings in the Irish and Irish-American communities. Inez McCormack 1946 – 2013 Northern Irish civil rights and labor activist Inez McCormack died late January. She was 66. McCormack, who once said, “There is no fun in being the first woman on anything,” served on numerous boards as the sole female representative, and broke the glass ceiling in labor and politics as … [Read more...] about Those We Lost
Those We Lost
Recent losses in the Irish and Irish-American community. Charles Durning 1923 – 2012 The man who played the pope, the governor of Texas, Dustin Hoffman’s Tootsie suitor, four different Santa Clauses, and a bumbling Mel Brooks-inspired Nazi colonel has died. Charles Durning, known in the business as the King of Character Actors, died Christmas Eve at his home in Manhattan. He … [Read more...] about Those We Lost