Irish America magazine - April/May '03 issue: Michael Flatley, Patrick Murphy, Jennifer Connelly, Edward Kennedy, Nuala O'Faolain, Irish supermodels Jane Bradbury and Caitriona Balfe, Cork Choral Festival, Re-Imagining Ireland, Paintings of Ireland
Irish American of the Year
For what he has done for the world of Irish dance, Irish America
is proud to honor Michael Flatley as our Irish American of the Year.
Flatley talked to Debbie McGoldrick about his extraordinary journey
and what’s next on the cards. more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Patrick Murphy - Fighting for kids who have no one else
Cook County Public Guardian Patrick Murphy sometimes wonders if
the fact that his mother and father both spent part of their childhood
in orphanages drives his zeal to represent wards of the state.
more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Those We
Lost...
From acclaimed actors, musicians, novelists and sports writers,
to daring athletes, and caring doctors, we lost some of our finest
citizens in the past year, including William McCool, one of the
seven astronauts who died in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy
and two gifted, world famous entertainers, singer Rosemary Clooney
and actor Richard Harris. more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Art
Desmond O'Hagan's seemingly effortless technique captures the imagination
through an interplay between light and shadow that instill his paintings
with emotion. more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
John Lynch
The Super Bowl champion with roots in Ballybunion, County Kerry.
more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Politics
For the 40 years Edward Kennedy has served in the United States
Senate he has never wavered from the cherished tenets of the Democratic
Party: education reform, raising the minimum wage, defending the
rights of workers and their families, strengthening civil rights
laws, assisting individuals with disabilities, fighting for cleaner
environment and protecting Social Security and Medicare for seniors.
more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Explorers
When Colonel Eilleen Collins, 46, launches into space as commander
of the next shuttle mission, she will be taking with her not just
the memory of the seven astronauts who died aboard the Columbia
last February, all of whom she knew personally, but the knowledge
that the future of manned space travel may well depend on a successful
and safe mission. more...
(Irish America)
April/May 2003
Entertainment
Oscar-winner, mother, mountaineer, intellectual, perfectionist,
and stunning beauty, Jennifer Connelly has finally become a force
in Hollywood after a twenty-year movie career.
more...
