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The Trouble With Irish
With the Irish language under threat of extinction, you would think the
Gaeltacht, small pockets of Ireland where Irish is still spoken, would
be a safe haven for our native tongue. Not so.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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She Writes What She Knows
More than any other writer over the past quarter century, Alice McDermott
has chronicled the joys and tragedies of Irish-American families. Interview
by Chuck Leddy .
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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The Reluctant Star
Ciarán Hinds is lovely. Now, perhaps I shouldn’t admit that
because part of Hinds’ attraction is that he remains somewhat of an unknown.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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The Irish in California
In 2005, when it became clear that the Ronald Reagan Pub in Ballyporeen,
Tipperary was no longer a viable novelty to locals or tourists, Irish-American
businessman and Republican booster Frederick Ryan Jr. facilitated the
bar’s relocation to Simi Valley, California, also the site of Reagan’s
presidential library.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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One Brief Shining Moment
A story of sunny innocence shattered by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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The Magic of Yeats Country Lives On
For almost fifty years now, Sligo has played host to the Yeats International
Summer School, a two-week program featuring readings, performances, and
lectures by respected academics on W.B. Yeats’ life and work.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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Where Do We Go From Here?
The inaugural U.S.-Ireland Forum was held in New York on November 7 and 8.
Irish America magazine, together with The American Ireland Fund, University
College Dublin, and the Irish Government co-hosted the event at the Affinia
Manhattan Hotel.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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The French Connection : the cocaine epidemic in Ireland
The death of top model Katy French a few weeks ago from a cocaine overdose
has finally woken Ireland up to the fact that we are in the middle of a cocaine epidemic.
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(Irish America Magazine)
February '08/March '08
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