Irish America magazine - Oct/Nov '06 issue: Mo Mowlam, Eileen Collins, Changes in Irish America, 20 Great Interviews, 20 Moments In History, 20 Best Movies About Irish-Americans, Beer, Patrick Fitzgerald, Billy Bob Thornton
A Ryder
Cup Welcome
Want a tee-time at Augusta National or Shinnecock Hills? Golf is the only
major sport in the world where amateur enthusiasts can experience the self-same
challenges posed by those courses where the sport’s top professionals vie
for glory. That is, if they can get to play on them. more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Ireland Takes Center Stage
To be sure, the wait has been worth it. Every second of every minute of
every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year that
Ireland has had to be patient before being bestowed with the favor of playing
host to the 2006 Ryder Cup has been worth it.more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Irish Tree
Tales
From space, Earth resembles a big beautiful marble with swirling patterns
of blue (oceans), white (clouds), and green (trees). As global warming makes
weekly headlines, we are warned of the dire future we face should the delicate
balance between the three become irreparably compromised. In a worst case
scenario, plants would disappear. more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
The Other Irish Riots of July
When I was a lad growing up in post WWII England, festive holidays were
always about food. One of the lesser but still vital days was Shrove Tuesday,
AKA Pancake Day.more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
McCain
The McCain family name originated in the Gaelic as O’Cathain, and is derived
from Cathain, who was a ninth century ancestor of the King of Tara. more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Book Reviews
Song of Ireland - Osborne-McKnight, The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry,
Booking Passage - Thomas Lynch, Stories from a Sacred Landscape,
more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Birth of
a Nation
Every schoolchild in Ireland in the 1960s saw Mise Éire (I Am Ireland),
the Irish-language film which chronicles, in extraordinary detail, the birth
of the Irish Nation. I saw it again recently and realized what an incredible
piece of film it is. The good news for the Irish in America is that it is
now available on DVD with English subtitles.more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Letters
George Carlin Interview, Father Duffy Square, Flatley Is Back!, Immovable Dates,
The Dingle Races, Duals Be Wary, Moving Statues, The Emerald Society’s Helping Hand more...
(Irish America) August/September 2006
Traveling Mary
Mary Dolan was born in Croghan, Roscommon in 1862, the oldest child of Andrew
Dolan and Anne Tansey. She had a case of wanderlust and kept on the move
over the years of her youth, first to South Africa, next to Australia, then
to New Zealand. more...
