Irish America magazine - April/May '01 issue: Jerri Nielsen, JFK v the Joint Chiefs, latest Irish books, The surname Duffy, Stones in his Pockets, Nuala O'Faolain, Neil Jordan to film Ned Kelly, Irish Festivals, An tAonach, Jacqueline Kennedy

Roots
The surname Duffy, the anglicized form of O'Dubhthaigh, is a personal name derived from the Gaelic word dubh, meaning black or swarthy. more...

Film Forum
JFK v the Joint Chiefs in Thirteen Days: On the morning of Saturday, October 20, 2962, I was in a station wagon with my family en route to Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell Field to hear President John F Kennedy make a campaign speech. more...

Book Reviews
A sampling of the latest Irish books, including Irish America Coming into Clover, Irish Immigrants in New York City 1945 - 1995, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith, Nuala O'Faolain's My Dream of You. more...

Music
The Reel Thing. Modern Ireland can boast plenty of pop superstars, but here, Don Meade reviews the latest traditional Irish music releases from, among others, Cran, Joe Heaney, Harry Bradley. more...

Theatre
Stones in his Pockets. 'It's just amazing, never in a million years could I have imagined it.'' Belfast playwright is talking of the Broadway run of her play Stones in his Pockets the story of two extras in an Irish village where a Hollywood film is being shot. more...

Slainte
The Ubiquitous Egg. In the 13th Century when theologians were arguing how many angels could stand on the head of a pin, Thomas Aquinas, an inquisitive scholar of the Dominican Order of Friars, posed the famous question: 'Which came first - the hen or the egg'. more...