Irish America magazine - June/July '08 issue: Irish soldiers in Kosovo, Faiths o’ the Irish, Ireland of a Thousand Welcomes?, Finding Home, U2 Have Gone 3D, The House that Hoban built, Straight from the bottle, Keeping it All in the Family, Holy Wells
“I Heard They Went To New York”
By the 1930s, an influx of Irish immigrants from Monaghan to New York had
brought with them a great deal of the cultural and social traditions of
their homeland. In the Monaghan County Museum, Ireland, a photographic exhibit
opened on April 17, 2008, which tells the tales of many of these families
and their lives in New York.more...
(Irish America Magazine)
June/July '08
“Meagher of the Sword”
Honored in Brooklyn
A gravestone honoring Irish Patriot Thomas Meagher, a Fighting 69th Brigade
commander and former acting governor of Montana Territory, was unveiled
at the Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York on April 19. more...
(Irish America Magazine)
June/July '08
Beckett Comes to Lincoln Center
Dublin’s Gate Theatre returns to Lincoln Center Festival with Gate
| Beckett, starring three great actors – Barry McGovern, Liam Neeson
and Ralph Fiennes – performing three Beckett pieces not originally
conceived for the theater, as well as readings of his poetry and prose.
more...
(Irish America Magazine)
June/July '08
Quote Unquote
Quotes from Michael Flatley, Padraic Harrington, Richard Sandomir, George
Clooney, Markéta Irglová, and Danica Patrick more...
(Irish America Magazine)
June/July '08
Irish Eye on Hollywood
George Clooney, Brian Dennehy, Tribeca Film Festival, Matthew Broderick,
Eden, Colin Farrell, Troy Garrity, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Liam Neeson. more...
