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Irish America magazine - Oct/Nov '08 issue: The Legacy of the San Patricios Lives On , Stars of the South, The Legal 100, Roots: The Mighty Mahers, All Hail The Humble Spud! , Music: Still Fiddlin’ Away , The Real Bill , The Battle over Ulysses, Broadway's Irish Colleen
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Roots: The Mighty Mahers
Tara Dougherty traces the history of this fine Irish clan. The Irish surname Maher, appearing also as O’Meagher, Meagher, O’Maher and Mahir, originated in County Tipperary. The name stems from the surname O’Meachair, a derivation of the word “meachar” meaning hospitable.
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Irish Eye on Hollywood
Liam Cunningham is an Irish actor to look
out for as fall approaches. He has built up an impressive resume of Irish
and British movies, including Ken Loach’s provocative Irish Civil War Epic
The Wind that Shakes the Barley as well as Breakfast on Pluto,
in which Cunningham co-starred with fellow Irish actor Cillian Murphy....
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All Hail The Humble Spud!
Back in first grade my See Spot Run primer told how Dick and Jane grew
potatoes in their backyard and roasted them in an autumn leaf bonfire.
If those kids can do that, I thought, so can I.
Recipes: Potato Curry, Hawaiian Potato Salad, Left-Over Baked Potato Pan Fry
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Music: Still Fiddlin’ Away
From
his days with The Bothy Band, some thirty years ago now, to the present,
Kevin Burke, who was born in London to Irish parents, has been one of
the most widely admired fiddlers on the Irish traditional and
contemporary music scene.
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Review of Books
Tom Deignan reviews a selection of recently published books of Irish and
Irish-American interest.
The
Likeness by Tana French, Our Lady of Greenwich Village by Dermot McEvoy, The
Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, City of Time by Eoin McNamee, Ireland Since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict by Henry Patterson, Finding Ireland: A Poet’s Exploration of Irish Literature and Culture by Richard Tillinghast, The Parish by Alice Taylor, Mystery of the Irish Wilderness.
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Photo Album: O’Neil Family, Boston
Easter 1953 - Raising four sons was a challenge for me after growing up
in a family that was dominated by girls, clothes and fashion. My Boston
family consists of twelve children, a boy, ten girls and the last, a
boy...
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Readers Forum
Robbers, Not Bankers - The Past but not the Present - Irish Sovereignty -
Clarification
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