World of Hibernia articles from September 1998

World of Hibernia archives from September 1998

the Wild Geese.
September 22, 1998... CAN DO K2 A SIX-MAN TEAM OF IRISH CLIMBERS SCALED THE SECOND HIGHEST PEAK IN THE WORLD THIS PAST JULY. K2, THE 8,611-METER HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAS, IS REGARDED AS A MORE DIFFICULT TECHNICAL CLIMB THAN MOUNT EVEREST. THE...

Corporate Chieftains.(Kevin O'Connor, CEO of DoubleClick, a supplier of Internet advertising)
September 22, 1998... Kevin O'Connor Co-Founded and CEO, DoubleClick When Cormac O'Connor, now 6-years-old, asks that timeless question--"What do you do for a Jiving, Dad?"--Kevin O'Connor can tell his son, "Internet advertising," with absolute assurance...

Gift of the Gab.(Irish bar closes)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... This is a lament. It's for a bar and the people I knew there and not necessarily the drink. There was drink, of course, and it fueled many a good night and heavy-headed days. The bar lasted for 30 years, time for many of us to...

tour de France.
September 22, 1998... Ireland successfully sponsored the start of the 1998 Tour de France in July, marking the first-ever appearance of the race in the Emerald Isle. After an ebullient start in Ireland, the world's top cyclists turned their attentions to the...

Super Irish.
September 22, 1998... Shining Stars of The Irish Diaspora Fifty of Ireland's brightest stars were on show Thursday, June 11, during a black-tie dinner held at the Roosevelt Hotel on Madison Avenue in New York. Celebrating out Summer 1998 feature, "The Super...

Face to Face.(Irish artist Brian Cronin)
September 22, 1998... With his colorful, simply rendered illustrations, Dublin-born Brian Cronin has a style that is part Art Deco, part Andy Warhol. The Ireland that Brian Cronin revisited this past March is, he acknowledged recently, a different place from the...

TRUE TO THEIR SCHOOL.(bottlenose dolphins)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... A colony of bottlenose dolphins has made its home in Ireland's Shannon estuary since the 1830s. One of only six such populations in Europe, the school captivates visitors and scientists alike. On the west coast of Ireland, between the...

Self Rule at Stormont.(Sinn Fein and Democratic Unionist party meet at Stormont Castle)
September 22, 1998... Northern Ireland convenes its first assembly in nearly 30 years, and all of Ireland-- both North and South--holds out hope for a real end to the violence. It was a scene that would have been unimaginable 18 months ago--Sinn Fein's Gerry...

The Keys to the Kingdom.(man wins Irish pub in contest)
September 22, 1998... Congratulations--You've Just Won an Irish Pub Imagine you're 22-years-old, a year out of college, and not all that thrilled with your job. On a whim you enter a contest to win a pub in Ireland, coming up with a brief, poetic description of...

Celestial Cultivation.(Birr Castle in Ireland)
September 22, 1998... The family that has lived Birr Castle for 14 generations is night at home with pursuits both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. The living history of Birr Castle has been unfolding since the first millennium, continually shaping and being...

Dancing in Alaska.(Irish film director Pat O'Connor )(Interview)
September 22, 1998... Anticipating the release of his big-screen version of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa this fall, Irish film director Pat O'Connor takes a summer holiday in our nation's 49th state. So what brought you to Alaska?" he asked me. Seated...

Her name was Lola.(dancer Loal Montez)
September 22, 1998... The daughter of an English foot soldier and an Irish dressmaker, Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert refashioned herself as Lola Montez, a "Spanish" beauty who cultured society on four continents. On the night of June 3, 1843, a gala audience at Her...

WISHING WELLS.(holy wells in Ireland)
September 22, 1998... WHATEVER AILS YOU-BE IT POOR EYESIGHT OR A BAD BACK-IRELAND'S HOLY WELLS OFFER HOPE. Most people have been cursed with a painful toothache at one time or another. Imagine it happening to you in rural Ireland and then discovering that the...

D-DAY IN WEXFORD.(battle scene in 'Saving Private Ryan' filmed in Ireland)
September 22, 1998... Braving a barrage of machine-gun fire from a bunker above them, nearly 1,000 soldiers from the Irish army stormed Curracloe Beach in County Wexford last summer, attempting a frontal assault to regain a Nazi-held beachhead. There was heavy...

The Fighting Sullivans.(World War II heroism of the Sullivan brothers)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... Throughout their service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Sullivans were sure of one thing: They wanted to stick together no matter what the consequences. They have never forgotten the Sullivan boys in Waterloo, Iowa. This...

Appreciating Irish Antiques.(Buyers Guide)
September 22, 1998... In the second of four articles in investing in Ireland, The World of Hibernia present an essential guide for the would-be antique buyer. Autumn in Dublin means a nip in the air, drifts of leaves on the pavement, and a buzz of excitement at...

KINSALE a place apart.(Kinsale, Ireland)
September 22, 1998... My first sighting of Kinsale was from the deck of a 36-foot racing boat as we limped into her safe harbor from a Force-8 sea. It was June 1972 and four of us had decided to mark the end of our five-year boarding-school life together by...

What's cooking in KINSALE.(restaurants in Kinsale, Ireland)(Directory)
September 22, 1998... A Guide to The Ten Best Places to Eat on the Cork Riviera Amecca for lovers of good food and wine, Kinsale welcomes all who visit--by sea or land. Once a busy port, the town now boasts streets lined with restaurants, casual eateries, and...

Golf on the Edge of the World.(Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale , Ireland)
September 22, 1998... If you are ever lucky enough to find yourself standing on the second tee at the Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale on a sunny day--and start praying to the golf gods that one day you will--here is what you will see. To your left is Kinsale...

CONNEMARA'S HIDDEN TREASURE.(Connemara, County Galway)
September 22, 1998... Along the Atlantic seaboard, on the west coast of Ireland, there are 12 mountains that are steeped in myth and which have inspired writers and poets for centuries. At the heart of the "Twelve Bens" in Connemara, County Galway, nestle marble...

Breakfast on Pluto.
September 22, 1998... Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (Picador, 15.99 [pounds sterling]/$23.00) Given the deserved success of Neil Jordan's recent film adaptation of Patrick McCabe's equally excellent 1992 novel The Butcher Boy, expectations are...

The Committee: Political Assassination in Northern Ireland.
September 22, 1998... The Committee: Political Assassination in Northern Ireland by Sean McPhilemy (Roberts Rinehart, $524.95) Few books published about Northern Ireland have ever had implications as potentially grave as those explored in The Committee....

Hitler's Irish Voices--The Story of German Radio's Wartime Service.
September 22, 1998... Hitler's Irish Voices--The Story of German Radio's Wartime Service by David O'Donoghue (Beyond the Pale Publications, Paperback 7.95 [pounds sterling]/$11.00) Ireland's experience of World War II was about survival. The new State...

Irish Townlands: Studies In Local History.
September 22, 1998... Irish Townlands: Studies In Local History Edited by Brian O Dalaigh, Denis A. Cronin, and Paul Connell (Four Courts Press, 125.00 [pounds sterling]/$45.00) Visitors to Ireland are often bewildered by the profusion of townlands, the...

The New Irish Americans.(Review)
September 22, 1998... The New Irish Americans by Ray O'Hanlon (Roberts, Rinehart Publishers, $15.95) Ray O'Hanlon writes very well. His style is vivid, it has pace, and he has a great eye for detail. He is one of the best in a generation of Irish...

An Seinnteoir.(sound recording reviews)
September 22, 1998... As Indian summer sets in, Irish music continues to heat up, drawing listeners from both sides of the Atlantic. Cran Black Black Black (Claddagh Records) Cran is an innovative and fresh-sounding trio, comprised of Uilleann piper Ronan...

what's hot in Ireland.(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... "Wow" is the word for the new IMAX Theatre in Dublin's Parnell Centre. With the largest film screen in Ireland (82-feet wide by 62-feet high), coupled with state-of-the-art projectors and speakers, the theater is designed to port the viewer to...

Diary.(Ireland entertainment guide)
September 22, 1998... Clarenbridge Oyster Festival Galway (September 4-6). The name Clarenbridge, well-known among oyster-lovers, is home to Galway's annual oyster festival. Since its launch more than 40 years ago, this outing, with plenty of seafood delights, fun,...

A Tale of Three Coneys.(three Coney Islands in the world)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... With this issue, The World of Hibernia introduces "Here and There"--a look at a place in Ireland whose name is shared by a town or city elsewhere in the world. Our first column compares the epitome of carnival Americana--Coney Island in...