Irish nurses, in fiction and in real life, shaped nursing and healthcare in the U.S. There is a moment late in J. Courtney Sullivan’s excellent 2017 novel Saints for all Occasions when “hundreds of people showed up” to a Boston Irish American wake. Among the mourners are a trio of sisters, “Peggy, Patrica and Jane, all of them nurses…two of them wore scrubs beneath their … [Read more...] about “Saints” in Scrubs
Tom Deignan
Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood
Banshees: A Friends at War Movie It is only a slight exaggeration to say that Ireland’s entire film industry seems to be involved in two big movies hitting screens in the next few months. First, there is the late October release of The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood
Fall 2022 Book Reviews
Haven by Emma Donoghue It’s seventh-century Ireland. Clonmacnoise is a newish monastic settlement, with about thirty monks in residence, along with the families who work for them and an order of nuns. The monastery also offers temporary accommodation to guests who come to study or just to retreat from the world. One of these visitors, Artt, believes in harder fasting than is … [Read more...] about Fall 2022 Book Reviews
Taking the Lead
by Tom Deignan Northwell CEO Michael Dowling talks about leadership, the future of healthcare, and what immigrants can teach the rest of us You could understand why someone like Michael Dowling – who grew up amidst extreme poverty in Limerick – might turn out to be a bit of a pessimist. Especially if they also spent the last two-plus years weathering the grim storm … [Read more...] about Taking the Lead
Elizabeth Crowley Carries On
The Family Tradition of Public Service
By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter August 20, 2022
IA Newsletter August 20, 2022
Elizabeth Crowley spent this week knocking on doors and shaking hands at subway stations across the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens – where she was born into an Irish Catholic family of 15 children.
“I wouldn't be the person I am today if I didn’t have the love and support of my big Irish family,” says Crowley, a one-time member of the New York City … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Crowley Carries On
The Family Tradition of Public Service