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Dark
Side of Irish American History
Sylvester Murphy was a Co. Wexford-born laborer who worked his way
up New York’s ladder during the second half of the 19th Century
to become a successful businessman in the fields of construction
and development.
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(Irish Voice) 13 December
2006
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The
Most Influential Irish Americans?
We are approaching the end of 2006 and you know what that means
-- lists. In the coming days expect to be bombarded with “Best of…”
and “Worst of…” rankings for the past year.
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(Irish Voice) 29 November
2006
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Irish Still
Rule the Waterfront
TOM Hanley knows about the waterfront. He knows about the myth and
he knows about the reality. He was in the Hollywood movie which
made the waterfront famous, and he still works on the waterfront
every day. more...
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(Irish Voice) 22 November
2006
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Born Fighter
a Senate Winner
AT this point in history, an Irish Catholic in the U.S. Senate really
shouldn’t raise many eyebrows. Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey Jr. was
just elected over one-time conservative power broker Rick Santorum.
Perhaps the most fascinating thing about Casey is that he is not
only Catholic but also a Democrat who is generally opposed to abortion.
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(Irish Voice) 15 November
2006
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Famine Remains
Finally Found
JUST across the ocean from Ground Zero, where the search for remains
of 9/11 victims continues, another search has turned up remains
of victims from a 19th century calamity.
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(Irish Voice) 8 November
2006
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The Irish Races
toWatch
PROMINENT political analysts Steve and Cokie Roberts were recently
asked by Parade magazine to identify key voting groups as the brutal
2006 election season draws to a close. Along with Hispanics, independents
and married moms, the husband and wife team also identified “white
Catholics,” of which Irish Americans are arguably the largest voting
bloc. more...
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(Irish Voice) 1st November
2006
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O’Grady on Anthrax
Case
LIAM O’Grady is a child of the streets of Newark, New Jersey. But
after attending Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania and
then George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, the nation’s
capital across the river beckoned as the place O’Grady would build
a legal career. more...
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(Irish Voice) 25 October
2006
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Irish Myths
vs. Harsh Reality
IT’S safe to say the myth of the kindly Irish priest, that icon
immortalized in Hollywood by the likes of Pat O’Brien and Barry
Fitzgerald, has been taken down yet another few notches this week.
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(Irish Voice) 4 October 2006
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Manton Gets Queens
P.O.
FORMER Congressman Tom Manton, an Irish American political powerhouse
in Queens who passed away in July of this year, will have a post
office in Woodside named in his honor, due to the efforts of Congressman
Joe Crowley and Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer.
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(Irish Voice) 4 October 2006
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Callaghan
Shakes Up Dull Race
UP until this week the race for New York State comptroller – not
exactly the sexiest office to begin with – had been plodding along.
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(Irish Voice) 27 September
2006
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To Catch an Irish
Thief
THE old New York Irish world of the Bowery and the Five Points no
longer exists. In the case of the Five Points, the notorious lanes
have literally been buried, paved over by (ironically enough, given
the criminal activity in the area) Foley Square and federal court
buildings erected on top.
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(Irish Voice) 13 September
2006
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9/11 Heroes
Are Still Giving
IT’S hard to walk the streets in the Staten Island neighborhood
where I grew up without thinking about those who were killed five
years ago. more...
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(Irish Voice) 06 September
2006
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Three More
Irish Heroes Gone
JOHN McKenna was born on St. Patrick’s Day 30 years ago. He was
memorialized in his native Brooklyn this past Saturday, August 26.
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(Irish Voice) 30 August 2006
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Are You Irish or
Celtic?
OKAY, if you need to refer to yourself as “Celtic” I guess I can’t
stop you. I know that, to some people, the identity “Irish” or “Scotch
Irish” might seem a bit narrow.
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(Irish Voice) 23 August 2006
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Remembering
Kate the Great
ONE hundred years ago this week, mourners went to St. Peter’s church
in upstate Troy, New York, to bid farewell to Kate Mullany, a trailblazing
labor leader who’d spent the better part of her 60-plus years on
earth fighting to make the lives of working men and women a little
better. more...
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(Irish Voice) 16 August 2006
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Irish
Pols Still Have Clout
THE passing of legendary Queens boss Tom Manton at the age of 73
might seem like a time reflect on the bygone days of Irish political
power. more...
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(Irish Voice) 26 July 2006
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What Exactly
Is Anti-Irish?
THE August edition of Esquire magazine, on newsstands now, poses
this question: “How come so many Irish are drunks?”
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(Irish Voice)19 July 2006
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Prime Time for
Irish Crime
FROM Boston to Chicago, from Hell’s Kitchen to a fictional enclave
in Rhode Island, Irish crime is all the rage these days.
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(Irish Voice) 12 July 2006
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Denis Leary’s
Irish ‘Rescue’
THIS year, I hated the Fourth of July. Why? Well, since the holiday
fell on a Tuesday, it screwed up my TV watching.
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(Irish Voice) 5 July 2006
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U.S. Yawns Again
at Soccer
IRELAND’S run during the 2002 World Cup was a wild one, but my most
vivid Irish World Cup memory has to go back to 1994 when Ireland
beat Italy 1 - 0 at Giants Stadium.
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(Irish Voice) 27 June 2006
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More
Trouble for Jersey City Mayor
JERSEY City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy is vowing to fight back following
his arrest this past weekend outside a family pub in New Jersey.
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(Irish Voice) 21 June 2006
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Carpenter
Woes Won’t Go Away
BACK in March I got an email from a man who described himself as
an extraordinarily frustrated member of Local 608 — long known as
the “Irish local” — representing some 7,500 carpenters in New York
City. more...
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(Irish Voice) 14 June 2006
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One Hard
Question on 9/11 Disease
THIS past Saturday, friends and family of firefighter Michael Francis
Lynch gathered at the intersection of 41st Avenue and Union Street
in Flushing, Queens.
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(Irish Voice) 31 May 2006
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Long, Hot
Summer for Irish Pols
AS we make our way towards Memorial Day weekend, the political scene
usually cools off. Politicians retreat from Washington or Albany,
and the big issues of the day tend fade into the background as we
all turn our attention to summer fun, such as how on earth we’re
going to keep filling those gas tanks!
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(Irish Voice) 24 May 2006
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Irish Wrote
the Boycott ‘Code’
THIS Friday, the controversial Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci
Code starring Tom Hanks opens across the U.S. For weeks the movie
has been in the headlines, generating angry charges that the film
based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel is deeply anti-Catholic.
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(Irish Voice) 17 May 2006
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An Irish
Cop’s Second Act
AT the age of 29, John F. O’Donohue had already put nearly a decade
into the New York City Police Department. Yet he still craved new
experiences. more...
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(Irish Post) 10 May 2006
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The Lessons
of 1916
On the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising renowned author
TIM PAT COOGAN says the historic event is as relevant today
as ever. more...
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(Irish Voice) 12
April 2006
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Irish Boost for Cinderella
Coach
ALL of America seems to be rooting for underdog George Mason University
in the college basketball Final Four tournament, which concludes
this coming Monday.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2006
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Sandhogs Mourn
Legendary Leader
RICHARD Fitzsimmons, born in the South Bronx to parents from Cavan,
put in 30 years with Local 147, the union representing New York’s
famous sandhogs.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2006
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Parade Conflict
Is Nothing New
NEW Yorkers who are not Irish still typically manage to have a good
time on St. Patrick’s Day. They listen to Irish tunes, read an Irish
history book, and maybe, just maybe, wander into a pub somewhere.
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Irish Voice 15 March 2006
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Immigration
Divides Irish Labor
THE woes of New York Irish American power broker Brian McLaughlin
have been dominating news headlines in recent days.
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Irish Voice 08 March 2006
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Will Irish Stir
Spitzer Trouble?
RIGHT now, two Democrats are running to represent their party in
the 2006 race to be New York State’s next governor. Their names
are Spitzer and Suozzi, not exactly names you would normally see
at, say, an AOH meeting.
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(Irish Voice) 1 March 2006
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When Cartoons
Angered Irish America
A political cartoon appears in a newspaper and there is an uproar.
The cartoonist is targeted as a troublemaker.
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(Irish Voice) 22 February
2006
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New York’s Next Irish
Mayor?
WILL the next Irish American to run for mayor of New York City be
named Vito? more...
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(Irish Voice) 8 February
2006
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Famous Daughter
on Fighting ‘Mother’
IN recent weeks Americans have read with sadness about not one but
two separate instances in which West Virginia miners died while
plying their very dangerous trade.
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(Irish Voice) 1 February
2006
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Irishman Leading
Transit Dissidents
JOHN Mooney does not speak like a man at the center of a simmering
citywide controversy.
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(Irish Voice) 25 January
2006
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Sad Times for Irish Cops
ON the evening of January 7, friends and family of New York City
Police Officer Jimmy McNaughton gathered at Mulcahy’s Pub on Railroad
Avenue in Wantagh. more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 January
2006
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Sad Times for Irish Cops
ON the evening of January 7, friends and family of New York City
Police Officer Jimmy McNaughton gathered at Mulcahy’s Pub on Railroad
Avenue in Wantagh. more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 January
2006
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Irish History Goes High Tech
TO much fanfare late last year, The New Yorker magazine released
every one of its issues on CD. That means they can be read on a
computer and stored very easily.
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(Irish Voice)11 January 2006
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Some Hopes for the New Year
WITH 2005 gone, and 2006 ahead of us, it is appropriate to look
ahead and wonder what the new year holds for Irish America. Unfortunately,
there are some troubling signs on the horizon.
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(Irish Voice)5 January 2006
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