Irish America magazine - Feb/Mar '02 issue: Denis Leary, Ronan Tynan, The Surname Lennon, Sarah Flannery - Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year, The Quiet Man, The Molly Maguires Remembered, President Bush Honors Robert Kennedy
A Mathematical
Journey
When Sarah Flannery, a teenage girl from County Cork, won Ireland's
Young Scientist of the Year award 1999, Ireland took notice.more...
(Irish America) February/March
Another
Tragedy For Rockaway
After taking off only two minutes earlier from Kennedy Airport,
located across Jamaica Bay, flight 587 broke apart and nose-dived
directly into a heavily populated area of Rockaway known as Belle
Harbor. more...
(Irish America) February/March
Letters To The
Editor
Painting with a broad bush, IRA brings good news, Exporting terrorism,
BBC dependent, BC Library, Murphy is the best, Ancestral Research
more...
(Irish America) February/March
People
Death of the Quiet Beatle, Showcase Ireland, Celtic Appalachia,
Homesick for Irish Products?, Gift Ideas for Art Lovers, Frank returns
to teaching!, Meanwhile..., The Innisfree Fund, Danny Boy Uncovered
more...
(Irish America) February/March
President Bush Honors Robert Kennedy
On November 20th, President Bush, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert
Kennedy, and other members of the Kennedy clan attended a ceremony
to rename the Justice Department headquarters after Robert Kennedy.
more...
(Irish America) February/March
Quiet Man
Celebrations Quiet Man Celebrations is more than just a creative and fun
venture by three local businessmen
more...
(Irish America) February/March
The
Molly Maguires Remembered
On 21 June 2002, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the hanging
of the Molly Maguires, 10 Irish Catholic anthracite coal miners
convicted of intimidation and murder by an impartial jury of non-peers,10
men who led the miners' fight against capitalist oppression through
the Workingmen's Benevolent Association of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,
the Borough of Mahanoy City (PA) will officially dedicate its publicly-funded
sculpture installation in the Molly Maguire Historical Park.
more...
(Irish America) February/March
Those Whom We Lost
These quotes are just some of the Irish whose obituaries appeared
in The New York Times 'Portraits of Grief' series.
more...
