World of Hibernia articles from June 1999

World of Hibernia archives from June 1999

Brian Dennehy.(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Brian Dennehy has returned full force to Broadway to portray Willy Loman, Arthur Miller's everyday man in Robert Fall's production of Death of a Salesman. After his Broadway appearance in Brian Friel's Translations and a prolific career in film...

Third Time the Charm For Belfast.(high school competitions)
June 22, 1999... St. Malachy's of Belfast captured its third consecutive High School Boys Distance Medley Championship at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia last month. In the process, Joe McAlister, Joe Hendry, Francis McCaffrey, and Conor Sweeney...

Giving a Hoot.(NYPD's Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band)
June 22, 1999... The pipe major for the NYPD's Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band--a group that has played for pope and president alike--now has something else to pipe about. Sgt. Brian J. Coughlan received the Citizen's Spirit Award during a New York Knicks...

An Irishman's Endurance.(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... In 1914, Kildare-born explorer Ernest Shackleton set sail on a 300-ton Norwegian ship he named Endurance for an expedition to cross Antarctica. A two-year ordeal of adventure and heroism followed, turning the journey into a legendary tale of...

1999 Guinness Fleadh Pouring Into Four Cities.(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... The music world will once again take on an Irish flavor as the third annual Guinness Fleadh ("flah") takes place in four different sites across the U.S. this month. Cities and dates include San Francisco on June 5th (at the Polo Field in Golden...

Liam Finds the Force.(actor Liam Neeson)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Belfast native Liam Neeson, Oscar nominee for Schindler's List, is playing master Jedi knight QuiGon Jinn in the new Star Wars movie, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which opened May 19. As the star of a phenomenon that has Irish fans flying to...

The Weir Breaks on Broadway.(writer Conor McPherson)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Conor McPherson is the latest Irish writer to taste success on Broadway, with his new play, The Weir. Now playing at the Walter Kerr theater, The Weir earned an Olivier Award for best new play during its prior run in London. Set in a rural...

Killanin Remembered as Olympic Leader.(obituary)
June 22, 1999... Lord Killanin, known internationally as the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1972 to 1980, died last month at his home in Dublin. During his Olympic tenure, which began in the 1950s, Killanin dealt with the effects of...

Getting Their Irish Up--Way Up.(couple plans Everest climb)
June 22, 1999... Dublin's Karl Flynn and Marcella Dunne are aiming to become the first Irish couple to climb Mount Everest, with an ascent planned for this summer. The couple previously took part in an Irish expedition to Everest, the world's highest mountain,...

CORPORATE CHIEFTAINS.(Irish-American chief executive officer Charles F. Dolan)
June 22, 1999... FROM FOUNDING HOME BOX OFFICE IN THE EARLY 1970s TO ACQUIRING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN THE 1990s, CHUCK DOLAN HAS BUILT AN ENVIABLE ENTERTAINMENT EMPIRE. When Charles "Chuck" Dolan started editing and producing...

The Indian Chiefs from Tipperary.(two Irish Americans became Chiefs in Sioux tribe)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... The Brule tribe were a branch of the Sioux Nation, a group that lived in South Dakota and who, before the arrival of European settlers, led a peaceful existence. Regrettably, however, relations between the Brules and their new neighbors were...

Cottage Industry.(thatched roofs making comeback)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Would you mind if you were frequently interrupted by shouts from complete strangers while doing your job? It's a frequent occurrence for Galway native William Cahill. As a thatcher, his eye-catching work always attracts attention, with curious...

THATCHER.(poem)
June 22, 1999... Bespoke for weeks, he turned up some morning Unexpectedly, his bicycle slung With a light ladder and a bag of knives. He eyed the old rigging, poked at the eaves, Opened and handled sheaves of lashed wheat-straw. ...

CALL of the WILD.(painter Derek Hill lived on Tory Island, Ireland)
June 22, 1999... Tory Island, off the north-west coast of Donegal, is one of Ireland's most remote outposts. Its Irish name, Toraigh, translated as "place of towers" is especially fitting, for the place is a tower of rock poking above the waves, battered by...

The Blues Go Green.(Blue Angels Naval squadron)
June 22, 1999... A TEAM WHOSE PRECISION AEROBATICS HAVE THRILLED AUDIENCES AROUND NORTH AMERICA FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THERE IS PERHAPS NO MORE STIRRING SYMBOL OF AMERICAN MIGHT AND INGENUITY THAN THE NAVY'S BLUE ANGELS. YET, BEYOND THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO OLD...

House of style.(fashion designer Louise Kennedy's headquarters)
June 22, 1999... Ever since she launched her first collection in 1985, Irish fashion designer Louise Kennedy has known the value of a beautiful setting to promote the glamour of her clothes. The opening of her sumptuous new headquarters at 56 Merrion Square in...

For Every Soul There is a Trace For Every Trace There is a Story.(genealogical research and sources)
June 22, 1999... If learning about those who came before us is the key to understanding who we are in the present, there is perhaps no more fulfilling a project than putting together a family tree. The World of Hibernia presents an essential guide for the...

Arrivederci, Roma.(Italian embassy in Ireland)
June 22, 1999... NOT TERRIBLY TAKEN WITH IRELAND'S DIFFICULT CLIMATE, THE ANCIENT ROMANS CALLED IRELAND "HIBERNIA," LATIN FOR "DARK AND WINTERY LAND." OF COURSE, THE IRISH CLIMATE HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. SO WHAT IS AN ITALIAN TO...

These are my Brothers.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Movie actor Aidan Quinn has been well-known to theater-goers for nearly two decades. This summer audiences will have an opportunity to appreciate the work of Quinn's siblings as well. A sure sign of the impact a film has on viewers is the...

IMAGES OF THE IRISH CIVIL WAR.(history)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Here's the scenario: although the IRA orders its men to decommission arms, there is no negotiated peace settlement, and thus the hostilities never actually come to an end. No, that's not a grim prediction based on the current impasse in...

County Kildare.(Ireland)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Kildare, with its fertile plains and gently rolling hills, has been a favorite residensial area for landed and wealthy families back to Anglo-Saxon times. They knew how to choose well, for this country is blessed with vistas of unbelievable...

Track Record.(race horses from Ireland have long tradition)
June 22, 1999... THIRTY miles south of Dub)in, where the Liffey takes a right turn and decides to wander along the flatlands of Kildare until it finds the sea, geology has bequeathed us the unique landscape of the Curragh. It is a deeply spiritual place....

Legend, Lore, and Love.(Saint Brigit set up community in Kildare, Ireland)
June 22, 1999... THE LIFE OF ST. BRIGIT OF KILDARE When St. Brigit was a girl, her father, Dubthach, took her with him one day to visit King Dunlang of Leinster. While he was speaking with the king, he left Brigit outside to keep an eye on his chariot and...

RAISING TITANIC.(lottery winner wants to restore buildings in Cobh, Ireland)
June 22, 1999... From welfare recipient to lottery winner, Vince Keaney is literally transforming his good fortune into a project of titanic proportions. From teacups to floor tiles, Keaney's dream is to create a restaurant designed after the "unsinkable ship,"...

An Emmet Legacy.(Irish family through history)
June 22, 1999... "Whey my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not 'til then, let my epitaph be written." --Final words of Robert Emmet's speech from the courthouse dock. When 225 members of the Emmet family gathered in...

FESTIVALS IN IRELAND.
June 22, 1999... While Americans are lining streets for Independence Day parades and predicting which teams will make it to the World Series, Ireland celebrates the months of summer and fall with a stunning array of festivals. From opera to jazz, there are more...

ABOVE THE FAIR.(Irish artist John Butler Yeats)
June 22, 1999... THE AUCTION HOUSES HAVE QUICKLY LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE BUZZ CREATED ANY TIME A JACK B. YEATS PAINTING COMES UP FOR SALE. WITH THE MARCH 1999 OPENING OF THE YEATS MUSEUM AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND, THE CREATIONS OF THE SLIGO ARTIST...

Trinity College Dublin.(history, Ireland)
June 22, 1999... SHOULD YOU EVER STROLL THROUGH TRINITY COLLEGE, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY EASILY ACROSS FRONT SQUARE, VISIT THE BOOK OF KELLS, AND PERHAPS CATCH A GAME OF RUGBY. ALL THE WHILE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PONDER AN INSTITUTION THAT IS BOTH ANCIENT AND...

The Buildings of Trinity College.(Ireland)
June 22, 1999... IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE THE DUBLIN LANDSCAPE WITHOUT THE HALLOWED BUILDINGS OF TRINITY COLLEGE. AMID THE HUSTLE OF GRAFTON STREET AND THE SOCIAL SCENE IN THE TEMPLE BAR, THE GEORGIAN EDIFICES THAT MAKE UP TRINITY COLLEGE GIVE DUBLIN A...

THE BOOK OF KELLS.(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... as any visitor to dublin will tell you, nothing can detract from the sheer joy to be had from a perusal of even one page of the book of kells. It is beyond description. The crowd shuffles forward in the soft light and breaks into single...

Trinity's Famous Names.(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... In assembling a roll call of distinguished former students of Trinity, it is only by applying the most rigorous standards that one can keep the list to a manageable length. Scholarly excellence is obviously one criterion, but using that as your...

Whoseday is it Today?(fundraising for Irish Hospice Foundation)
June 22, 1999... Several years ago, when Marie Donnelly, chairwoman of the Irish Hospice Foundation, first suggested her fund-raising idea, she was told she was crazy. The concept was to invite 366 of Ireland's foremost painters, poets, philosophers, writers,...

As It Is in Heaven.(Review)
June 22, 1999... As It Is in Heaven By Niall Williams (Time Warner, $23) As It Is in Heaven, Irish writer Niall Williams's second novel, proves that the resounding success of his first, Four Letters of Love, was no fluke. Like its predecessor, it is a work...

Making Peace.
June 22, 1999... Making Peace By Senator George Mitchell (Alfred Knopf, Hardback; 16.00 [pounds sterling]/$24.00) Fifteen minutes before five o'clock on Good Friday, 1998, Senator George Mitchell was informed that his long and difficult quest for an Irish...

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty.(Review)
June 22, 1999... The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty By Sebastian Barry (Picador, 12.99 [pounds sterling]) Poet, playwright, and novelist Sebastian Barry's first full-length prose work since 1986's The Engine of Owl-Light tells the story of the eponymous...

The Springs of Affection.(Review)
June 22, 1999... The Springs of Affection By Maeve Brennan (Flamingo, 10.99 [pounds sterling] stg.) Set in suburban Dublin between the two world wars, these remarkable stories introduce the general public to a writer who in her day was admired by the...

Paul Winter "Celtic Solstice".(Review)
June 22, 1999... Paul Winter "Celtic Solstice" (Living Music) Saxophonist Paul Winter has for years been known for his far-ranging interest in world music and his love of nature. He discovered Celtic music after hearing County Limerick singer Noirin Ni...

Zrazy "Private Wars".(Review)
June 22, 1999... Zrazy "Private Wars [Alfi] The duo of Maria Walsh and Carole Nelson have been playing around Ireland for quite some time and have honed their jazz ballads to something close to perfection. Zrazy plays a smoky relaxed brand of jazz that has...

John McDermott: "Remembrance".
June 22, 1999... John McDermott: "Remembrance" (Angel) War is hell. And the new collection from Scottish-born Canadian tenor John McDermott, Remembrance, delivers songs written during and after times of war. From the outset, the album hits listeners with a...

The Cranberries "Bury the Hatchet".(Review)
June 22, 1999... The Cranberries "Bury the Hatchet" [Island] The most remarkable thing about the Cranberries is that they sell in the region of 28 million copies of every album they produce. This figure is remarkable not because they are an Irish band--many...

What's hot in Ireland.(popular culture)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... His feast day inspires millions of people around the world to celebrate all that is Irish for one day every year. Now, some 1,500 years after bringing Christianity to Ireland, his life is set to be immortalized on television. Saint Patrick has...

Places to Stay.(hotels, motels Ireland)(Illustration)
June 22, 1999... THE ALEXANDER HOTEL at Merrion Square Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 607 3700 Fax: +353 1 661 5663 Email: alexanderhotel@tinet.ie http://www.alexanderhotel.ie or call Supranational Hotels toll free 1 800 843 3311 Price Guide: Rooms...

A VICTORY FOR JUSTICE.
June 22, 1999... After 71 years of self-imposed exile, Irishman William Geary has finally cleared his name. In 1928, while a member of the Irish police force (the Garda Siochana) in Kilrush, County Clare, Geary was accused of accepting an IRA bribe. Although...