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Irish International Immigrant Center Volunteer Profile: Kathleen Campbell (IrishCentral)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:33:02 PDT

“I love the atmosphere and people have been so friendly and hospitable since I started volunteering in February”Kathleen Campbell, a native of Kingston, Rhode Island, joins the the IIIC as our newest volunteer Kathleen works on special projects at the IIIC under the direction of the Executive Director, Ronnie Millar A graduate of English Literature from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Kathleen is just after returning from Northern Ireland where she was working with the Corrymeela Community, a Peace and Reconciliation project that seeks to bring people of all faiths together in a safe place, where they can talk and learn about one another READ MORE

Celtic Cross’s Kathleen Vesey Fee prepares for Montauk summer sessions (IrishCentral)

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:32:57 PDT

Kathleen FeeThe summer season is a busy one for Irish musicians They no sooner get a break from the St Patrick’s Day festivities before rolling into a busy festival calendar during the warm months For Celtic Cross’s lead singer Kathleen Vesey Fee, she is combining music and vacation when she brings a few musicians onto the dock of Swallow East in Montauk for a series of Tuesday evening shows through August READ MORE

A Night for Saints and Sinners (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:13:26 PDT

By: KATHLEEN ROCKWELL LAWRENCE

Edna O’Brien threw down the gauntlet straight away. In discussing her latest collection, Saints and Sinners, at Glucksman Ireland House on May 31, she explained that Miss Gilhooley, the romantic librarian in the story “Send My Roots Rain,” had tried to organize literary evenings but found that “people only came because of the wine and the canapés after.”

Kathleen Rice ready to step up as New York State attorney general (IrishCentral)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:43:56 PDT

By: APRIL DREW

Nassau County District Attorney, the only female in the race for New York State attorney general, says she’s the one who has the experience to restore confidence in state government. She explains her campaign to April Drew.

Multi-talented Kathleen Collins releases CD (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:15:06 PST

Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 3:11 PMTaking its cue from the verses written by William Butler Yeats, there is a very prestigious prize awarded to an Irish traditional fiddler who rises above stiff competition every year to garner the honor In all the years that it was awarded I can think of only one recipient who excelled at fiddling and dancing as extolled in the popular poem, and that would be Kathleen Collins who won it in 1967 in Sligo just a year after becoming the first American-born fiddler to win the Senior All-Ireland Fiddle Championship in Boyle, Co Roscommon Those achievements plus an iconic recording released by Shanachie Records in 1976 called simply“Traditional Music of Ireland” established the native New Yorker as a formidable fiddler in the Irish tradition with the potential for even greater acclaim as a musician READ MORE

Courting Kathleen (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:15:21 PST

Posted by Patricia Harty at 5/15/2009 4:13 PM EDT Could an Irish-American Stanford University law professor be the next Supreme Court Justice?When Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford University law professor, and former dean, was asked in a 2000 interview with Elgie Gillespie for Irish America magazine, about the possibility of following in Sandra Day O'Connor and William Brennan's footsteps, she said:“Who knows? It's politics”“I admired Brennan so and it always annoyed me when he was praised for stereotypical 'Irish' qualities instead of for just being as smart as a whip!”Now, Sullivan, a third-generation Irish-American with Cork and Limerick roots, is one of 12 possible Supreme Court nominees who could be nominated by President Barack Obama with the retirement of Justice David SouterSullivan, grew up in Queens, New York, her mother was a teacher, her father an accountant, both of whom graduated from city college public education They espoused, the “usual emigrant values of hard work and emotional astringency, but were as focused and articulate as can be,” she said READ MORE