World of Hibernia articles from June 2000

World of Hibernia archives from June 2000

Editor's Page.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... These are changing times for Ireland and for Irish people around the world. For the first time in many a long year, Ireland is booming and blooming--the Celtic Tiger is roaring (a little too loudly sometimes, perhaps), our culture is being...

Letters.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... QUOTABLE QUOTES Editor: The Autumn and Winter issues of The World of Hibernia should be required reading for every American of Irish descent, for a number of reasons. The quotes in the "Super Irish" biographies provide an excellent...

New Archbishop for New York.(Bishop Edward Michael Egan appointed Archbishop of New York Archdiocese)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Bishop Edward Michael Egan was appointed Archbishop of the New York Archdiocese in May, following the death of Cardinal John O'Connor. Egan, a 68-year-old native of Oak Park, Illinois, was ordained in 1957 and earned a doctorate in canon law...

Like Father, Like Son.(Ted and Ruby Walsh's horse racing victories)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The rich tradition of Irish horse racing was on display again this year at the Aintree Grand National in Liverpool. Kildare father and son team of Ted and Ruby Walsh led their horse, Papillion, to victory, and followed it with a win at the...

Project Reconciliation.(injured police officer Steven McDonald visits Northern Ireland as part of Project Reconciliation)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Steven McDonald, the New York City police officer paralyzed after being shot on duty in 1986, will be traveling almost 100 miles through Northern Ireland in late June and early July as part of Project Reconciliation. During the trip McDonald...

Making an IMPACt.(Nicola Barker wins International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... British writer Nicola Barker was named winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000 in May. Barker's novel, Wide Open, is set in the Isle of Sheppy in the Thames estuary and deals with a group of troubled characters whose...

UP MAYO.(track coach John McDonnell)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Mayo's John McDonnell, head track coach at the University of Arkansas, led his team to victory in the NCAA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships this past April. The title marks McDonnell's 35th national championship since becoming the head...

The Write Stuff.(Peter Finn wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Roscommon native Peter Finn won both the grand prize and the international print journalism category of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his eight-part series of dispatches from Kosovo for the Washington Post. Finn spent 78 days...

Pub CULTURE.(Guinness Bass Import Company celebrates 100th Irish Pub)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The Guinness Bass Import Company (GBIC) celebrated the grand opening of their 100th Irish Pub this past spring in Overland Park, Kansas. W.J. McBride's Irish Pub became the latest establishment created by the Irish Pub Concept, a group within...

New Leader for Boston College Irish Programs.(Thomas Hachey)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Dr. Thomas Hachey, former Marquette University Dean and History Professor was named the first executive director of Irish Studies at Boston College. The school's Irish Institute, Irish Studies Program and Irish initiatives of the John J. Burns...

European Journalist of the Year.(Michael Heney receives overall Liam Hourican award)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Veteran RTE producer-reporter Michael Heney was awarded the overall Liam Hourican award as European Journalist of the Year at the annual European Journalism Awards held in Dublin this past May. Heney received the award for a "PrimeTime" series...

Oh Canada.(Canada's 2000 Irish Festival)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Canadians will be celebrating their country's rich Irish heritage this July 13-16 at Canada's Irish Festival, held on the banks of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. More information can be found at the event's website...

DR. PECK, I PRESUME.(Gregory Peck receives honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from University College Dublin)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Movie legend Gregory Peck celebrated his 84th birthday in Ireland in April with an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from University College Dublin, the National University of Ireland. Peck, whose relatives hail from County Kerry, helped...

CORPORATE CHIEFTAINS.(president of Bell Atlantic Communications Maura Breen)
June 22, 2000... MAURA C. BREEN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF BELL ATLANTIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Few professions are as competitive and cut-throat as politics, but the long-distance telephone business is not that far behind. As the daughter of...

For the Glory of Istabraq.(horse racing)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Never has a nosebleed caused such white-knuckle panic. It was a nightmare scenario. The worst case. The hopes and dreams of an entire nation lay in tatters as the news of its favored racehorse, Istabraq, trickled out on the long night before...

Days in the Sun.(Irish artist Phil Kelly)
June 22, 2000... Although seduced by the color and chaos of Mexico, the work of Dublin-born artist Phil Kelly retains a distinctly Irish style. It was hard to miss Phil Kelly when he visited Dublin earlier this year for an exhibition of his work at the...

A Forgotten Hero of the Boer War.
June 22, 2000... While rummaging through the attic of her family home in Cork, a young girl discovers a scarf. Although nondescript in appearance, the scarf revealed the remarkable story of a forgotten family hero. A very special exhibition has been mounted...

The Capital of Irish America.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Founded by pilgrims in 1630, Boston has been known as the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Beantown, Bosstown, the Hub of New England, even of the universe. But for most of the 20th century, Boston became an American Irish city, as...

A LEGACY OF LABOR: THE WALSH FAMILY OF DORCHESTER.
June 22, 2000... Greenhills Bakery in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood is in some ways a crossroads of today's Irish Boston, situated halfway between the still-vibrant city enclaves and the South Shore suburbs that have been the destination of thousands of...

LOVE OF THE LAND: THE CORCORAN BROTHERS.
June 22, 2000... Like many of their first-generation peers, the eight children of John and Mary Corcoran grew up with an identity that was far more American than Irish. The Corcoran boys--John, Leo, and Joe--grew up playing stickball on the streets of...

CHRONICLERS OF CHANGE: THE BRETT FAMILY.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Whether you're talking about a parish bingo, a black-tie dinner, or an impromptu ceili dance on the waterfront--a Boston party just isn't a party unless there's a Brett in the house. The Bretts have come to symbolize the best that Boston's...

Boston-Irish People--the Soul of the City.
June 22, 2000... Seamus Connolly Seamus Connolly is widely regarded as America's leading ambassador of traditional Irish music. The Killaloe, County Clare, native honed his skills at the feet of the county's legendary musicians such as Willie Clancy and...

Stroking the Celtic Tiger.
June 22, 2000... A decade ago, as Ireland's economy continued to languish in the midst of a worldwide recession, Boston-Irish businessman John Cullinane had reached the pinnacle of the software industry, having created the first billion-dollar software company...

Journey of Celebration.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... More than 150 years ago a tall ship named The Jeanie Johnston delivered thousands of Irish passengers from famine-stricken Ireland to the U.S. Today, a full-size replica of the ship has embarked on a two-year voyage around the U.S. and Canada....

Funding the Future.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The success of the American Ireland Fund has spawned the creation of sister organizations across the world--anywhere there are people concerned about the welfare of Ireland. Eleven countries on five continents represent The Ireland Funds in a...

CHARM AND CRAIC IN THE IRISH HEARTLAND.
June 22, 2000... SITES OF IRISH AND IRISH-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL INTEREST IN BOSTON ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ALL ARE EASILY REACHABLE BY THE "T" --BOSTON'S MOSTLY RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. The Cultural Trail * THE...

A COLLINS CREATION.(Irish architect David Collins)
June 22, 2000... David Collins an Irish architect and interior designer based in London, has a client list that reads like a guide to Who's Who. His has been the inspiration behind designs that grace the rooms of restaurants. stores, and hotels where the rich...

A Stage for the Irish.
June 22, 2000... IRISH PLAYWRIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS DOMINATED THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF THEATER ARISTOCRACY. WILDE, SYNGE, SHAW, O'CASEY --THEIR VERY NAMES ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH GREATNESS. THE SIGNS ARE THAT THE FUTURE OF IRISH WRITING WILL BE AS GLORIOUS AS THE PAST....

The Guthrie Theater.
June 22, 2000... HE BUILD IT AND THEY CAME Established by the legendary Sir Tyrone Guthrie nearly four decades ago and now led by Joe Dowling, the Guthrie Theater remains a driving force in the regional theater movement in the United States. enter......

Skellig Michael.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... A WORLD APART OFF THE RAGING SOUTHWEST COAST OF KERRY, 600 FEET ABOVE THE SEA, LIES SKELLIG MICHAEL AND ITS PYRAMIDS OF ROCK THAT STRETCH TOWARD THE HEAVENS LIKE A PRAYER. THE REMOTE HOME OF MONKS FOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, THE...

Dreaming of Dolphins.(using dolphins as therapy for children)
June 22, 2000... This past March, the parents of four-year-old Ann Marie Kelleher experienced a miracle. Not a skies-parted, thunder-booming sort of miracle, but the kind that the skeptics say doesn't happen anymore. As little Ann Marie left her home in Cork...

Red Indians and the Belfast Badlands.
June 22, 2000... Home towns are funny places--we love them, we hate them, but more often than not, we return to them. Brian Keenan re-invested his home town of Belfast to discover whether his connection to this great and troubled city remains intact. ...

JONATHON BARDON'S BELFAST: A CENTURY.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Belfast is a name that conjures up images of bombings and shootings and a troubled political history--the past 30 years most especially. It is difficult to remember at times that, apart from being a scene of vicious atrocities, this is also...

BELFAST BECKONS.(tourism in Northern Ireland)
June 22, 2000... As someone who grew up in Belfast during the 1960s and 1970s, I hold the city very dear to my heart. So there is nothing that maddens and saddens me as much as hearing people rave about their trip to Ireland--the wonders of Dublin, the beauty...

DON'T MISS ...(tourism in Belfast, Northern Ireland)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... * Ulster Weavers Montgomery Road If you are shopping for linen it is worth taking a taxi to this factory shop on the eastside of the city. * Craftworks Bedford Street, Belfast This shop offers the very best in craftsmanship and...

The Ulster Museum.(Belfast, Northern Ireland)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The origins of the Ulster Museum can be traced back to June 5, 1821, when eight young men met to form the Belfast Natural History Society and display their collections (for a small admission charge), in "the first ever museum erected in Ireland...

Northern Irish art and artists.(Ulster Museum; Belfast, Northern Ireland)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The impressive art collections displayed in the Ulster Museum today owe much to the change in the acquisitions policy at the Museum in the late 1940s. It was then that the decision was taken to build a permanent collection of works by artists...

after a fashion.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... A HISTORY OF THE IRISH fASHION INDUSTRY Irish women have always had a style of their own, even if Ireland itself has not been regarded as a hotbed of international fashion. However, over the past 50 years, what once was an almost...

THE ZEAL OF THE HUNT.(Galway Blazers, hunting club)
June 22, 2000... THE GALWAY BLAZERS The tradition of fox hunting in Ireland is irrevocably woven into the Irish landscape. This is especially true in Galway, home to the Galway Blazers and to endless fields of stone walls that challenge the very best...

The Water of Life.(history of whiskey in Ireland)
June 22, 2000... Jim Murray, the world's only full-time writer and broadcaster on whiskey matters, once wrote the following about its origins: "A single fact will always remain: nobody really knows." As is often the case with early history, stories about...

MEET THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.(Sheila O'Malley)(Brief Article)(Interview)
June 22, 2000... Springtime in New York City means two things for Sheila O'Malley--the weather is starting to get warmer, and the American Ireland Fund's Annual Dinner is right around the corner. O'Malley, who has served on the organization's board of...

Inspirational Figures from Irish History.
June 22, 2000... In this, the first in a new series honoring the men and women who have contributed so much to the economic, political, cultural , and social development of Ireland, we pay tribute to the great political figures of Eoin Roe O'Neill and James...

HUNGER STRIKE.(Fiction)
June 22, 2000... THE BOY watched from the hillside above the town. He saw the old couple as they took the yellow kayak out from the house. They put it on their shoulders and carried it towards the pier. The woman walked at the rear. The man was a good foot...

UNIVERSAL TRUTHS.(author Colum McCann)(Interview)
June 22, 2000... DUBLIN NATIVE COLUM MCCANN HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE DAYS WHEN, AS AN 11-YEAR OLD, HE REPORTED THE RESULTS OF SOCCER MATCHES TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. TODAY HE IS THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF FOUR BOOKS; HE HAS WON THE PUSHCART PRIZE AND THE ROONEY...

For the Cause of Liberty -- A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Terry Golway: For the Cause of Liberty -- A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes (Simon & Schuster; $26.00) Review by Thomas E. Mackin Is it at all possible to adequately cover 1,000 years of Irish history in just 335 pages? Terry Golway has...

Hungry for Home -- Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Cole Moreton: Hungry for Home -- Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland (Viking. $23.95/14.99 [pounds sterling]) Review by John Boland "This is the end of the world," writes Cole Moreton at the outset of his elegiac book,...

The Chieftains: Water from the Well.(Brief Article)(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Chieftains: Water from the Well (RCA Victor) Review by Ivor Geraghty For the last few years, the Chieftains have been walking the well-traveled traveled tightrope between traditional Irish music and Cabaret. No one would ever doubt the...

Sean Keane: The Man that I Am.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Sean Keane: The Man that I Am (Grapevine) Review by Ivor Geraghty First of all, to avoid any confusion, this Sean Keane is not the fiddle player with The Chieftains; in fact, this Sean Keane, whose voice holds a unique place in Irish...

Dolores Keane: Night Owl.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Dolores Keane: Night Owl (Alula) Review by Kira L. Schlechter It seems to be happening less and less frequently that a folk album comes on the music scene that fits the standards of the genre's tradition in every way. Night Owl, the latest...

Derek Bell: Carolan's Receipt.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Derek Bell: Carolan's Receipt (Claddagh Records/Atlantic Records) Review by Kira L. Schlechter Who better to reintroduce the world to the work of the man who is arguably Ireland's greatest composer of harp music than the man who is...

Paddy Moloney and Sean Potts: Tin Whistles.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Paddy Moloney and Sean Potts: Tin Whistles (Claddagh Records/Atlantic Records) Review by Kira L. Schlechter Like the Derek Bell CD, Tin Whistles, a collaboration by Chieftains founder and multiple Grammy Award-winners Paddy Moloney and...

What's hot in Ireland.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Ireland's boy-band and pop-sensation Westlife recently made music history with their number one single "Flying without Wings," by becoming the first group to have five singles enter the U.K. charts at number one. On the subject of winners, the...

Places to Stay.(Dublin, Ireland)(Directory)
June 22, 2000... THE ALEXANDER HOTEL at Merrion Square Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 607 3700 Fax: +353 1 661 5663 Email: alexanderres@ocallaghanhotels.ie http://www.ocallaghanhotels.ie or call Supranational Hotels toll free 1 800 569 9983 Price Guide: Rooms from 125...

DIARY.(cultural events in Ireland)
June 22, 2000... Irish Museum of Modern Art Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8. (to August 27). "Hannah Starkey: Photographs." Starkey constructs complex, fleeting images that portray women's encounters with other women, or with themselves within contemporary...

Here ... there.(Boyle, Alberta, and Boyle, Ireland)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... VILLAGE OF BOYLE, ALBERTA, CANADA Location: The Boyle district is situated in the Boreal Mixedwood Forest region of northeastern Alberta. The town is 100 miles northeast of Edmonton. Name: The village was named after Mr. Justice Boyle,...

Cardinal's Farewell.(John Cardinal O'Connor)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
June 22, 2000... At the time of his death on May 3, John Cardinal O'Connor, the retired Navy admiral who ruled the Archdiocese of New York for 16 years, had become America's most influential Roman Catholic leader. He was a charismatic figure who at times sowed...