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  1. Immigration Q&A: Part two: Naturalization questions and answers
    August 19, 09

    The second part of our annual summer feature on the questions U.S. naturalization candidates can be asked during a citizenship interview, as provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Here are the last 50, with acceptable answers. For more information on naturalization, visit www.uscis.gov.

  2. Tug o' My Heart : A towing dynasty
    June 04, 09

    Marian Betancourt highlights the McAllister Towing Company, a family business that has been working the waters of New York since 1876.

  3. From the Hob Milner Brings Songs to Life
    March 10, 09

    Dan Milner has been plying the Irish and folk music scene of New York City for decades, and acquired a well-earned reputation for his store of knowledge about countless folk songs and the times that created them. He comes from that folk singing tradition where delivery and articulation are critical to imparting the most colorful details contained in a song or the nuance that drives it home as a great ballad of the people. Through committed interpreters and vocalists like Milner, the songs of the people that depict our history are like buried treasure to be reclaimed over and over again with an audience that appreciates that folk song tradition.

  4. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History
    March 10, 09

    Acclaimed historian Edward T. O'Donnell goes from the Ice Age to Michael Phelan (The Father of American Billiards) in his breezy history "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History." O'Donnell, professor of American History at Holy Cross College, covers topics ranging from Ireland Before 1850, Religion, Sports, and Coming to America.

  5. Never Mind the Weather!
    March 09, 09

    Dublin: The wind and rain lashed furiously on the tarmac at Dublin Airport, rocking our Aer Lingus Airbus like a gondola exposed to the elements on a mountaintop. We hadn't packed any sun block for this post-Christmas 2000 family trip to Ireland, but no one had told us we'd be landing in the monsoon season. It had proved impossible to land at Shannon Airport in the west, where the storm was said to be really raging.

  6. Ahern Proclaims Peace in Ireland
    March 09, 09

    TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern ended his 11-year reign as leader of the Republic of Ireland on a high note with an address to the Joint Houses of Congress last Wednesday."After decades of conflict, I am so proud to be the first Irish leader to inform the United States Congress that Ireland is at peace," he told assembled leaders. This statement alone prompted a three-minute standing ovation from the packed room.

  7. Sidewalks: Will the Real GOP Stand Up?
    March 06, 09

    Mike Pence may be a Republican congressman from Indiana, but his roots are firmly in the Irish Catholic Democratic tradition.







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