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Irish America Magazine
Welcome to Irish America magazine's new home on the web. Founded in 1985 by Niall O'Dowd and Patricia Harty, Irish America continues to be the bestselling Irish magazine in the U.S. TO SUBSCRIBE: 1-800-582-6642
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Special supplement: Be a part of Irish-American history. The Irish American Museum of Washington, DC.

June/July 2010

Our cover story

Why Famine Came to Ireland
Thomas Cahill writes on the great catastrophe that became known as the Famine. The mass exodus of people during and following this period would forever change the course of Irish and American history.

 

Click here to read Patricia Harty's blog on IrishCentral.com.

Other stories from our latest issue:

  • The First Word by Patricia Harty
    A Living Memorial
  • Grave of 19th Century Irish Rebel Discovered in Brooklyn
  • New Independent Irish Films Wow Critics
  • The Donner Party Revisited
  • Those We Lost
  • The Spoilers of Our Land
    How the British Government Responded to the Great Hunger. By Christine Kinealy.
  • Help From Afar
    The Irish Famine was the first national disaster to attract international fundraising activities. These activities cut across traditional divides of religion, nationality, class and gender. Such a response was unprecedented. By Christine Kinealy.
  • The Ghosts of Grosse Ile
    One of the major ports of entry for Irish Famine immigrants, Grosse Ile lies in the St. Lawrence River, just east of Quebec. It contains the largest Famine cemetery outside of Ireland. By Aliah O’Neill.
  • Arriving in the New World
    What we know from literature about what Irish Famine immigrants encountered upon their arrival in North America. By Tom Deignan.
  • The Hands That Built America
    Between 1845 and 1855, some 1.8 million left Ireland for Canada and the United States. Those who were lucky enough to survive the brutal journey to the New World were motivated by the hope of new possibilities, including the promise of employment. Kara Rota reports.
  • The Search for Missing Friends
    From 1831 through 1916, the national Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 “Missing Friends” Advertisements placed by friends and relatives in attempts to located loved ones lost during emigration. These ads, consolidated into edited volumes, provide a valuable record of a poor emigrants population trying to reach one another.
  • Return to Ireland
    Mary Pat Kelly writes about the ancestors calling her home.
  • The Road to the White House
    Mastery of urban politics helped the Irish rise from huddled masses to heights of political power.
  • The Educator
    In the tradition of great educators who helped the Irish grab the first rungs on the ladder of success, Dr. John Lahey, president of Quinnipiac University, reminds us from whence we came and the struggle to get where we are. As founder of Quinnipiac’s Great Hunger collection, he is the guardian of a remarkable treasure of history that we can’t escape. By Kara Rota.
  • Education and Debate
    Maureen Murphy and Martin Mullin talk to Tara Dougherty about teaching American students about the Great Hunger.
  • Finding Our Roots
    By Kara Rota.
  • Hunger Memorials in America
    Some crimes are so terrible an affront to humanity that they are impossible to capture in a memorial. But it could be said that memorials are for the living, not for the dead, a way to comfort the survivors, a way to redeem the suffering through beauty, and a reminder that we have to care for the hungry citizens of the world today. By Tara Dougherty.
  • Book Reviews
    Recently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest
  • Leaves of Pain
    A compelling story of blight, destruction and resurrection by Jimmy Breslin.
  • The Good Samaritan
    During the worst winter of the Famine, the American reformer Asenath Hatch Nicholson began her one-woman relief operation, organizing a soup kitchen, visiting homes of the poor and distributing bread in the street. Maureen Murphy brings to life this remarkable, but little-remembered individual.
  • Maid as Muse: Emily Dickinson’s Irish Connection
    Aífe Murray tells Aliah O’Neill the story of how an Irish maid influenced Emily Dickinson’s poetry and saved it from destruction.
  • New York Rock Band Black 47
    Aliah O’Neill speaks Larry Kirwan about the Irish Famine’s Musical Legacy.
  • Spring's Precious Sting
    Nettles—the edible leaf that is also known as the devil’s leaf.
  • Photo Album: Jack Moran on Tar Beach
  • Forget Me Not
    Archaeology sites expose hidden history of the Famine. By Charles E. Orser, Jr..

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