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Why is Senator George Mitchell allowing anti-Irish American vitriol and ridicule?


Former Senator George Mitchell is rightfully a hero in Irish America, a man who took on the thankless job as President Clinton’s peacemaker in Northern Ireland and against all odds succeeded. ...

March 23, 2012 by NIALL O'DOWD 31

Leading Irish tenor Paul Byrom target of anti-Irish abuse in New York


Irish tenor Paul Byrom has spoken out about how he has experienced anti-Irish abuse since he moved to New York in December 2010. The abuse became so severe that he alerted the NYPD. ...

January 07, 2012 by ANTOINETTE KELLY 42

Will New Jersey Hall of Fame induct Thomas Nast, a racist and anti-Irish Catholic?


One of Nast's portrayal's of the Irish The continued controversy over Thomas Nast and his potential membership in the New Jersey Hall of Fame does ...

December 29, 2011 by Niall O'Dowd 12

New Jersey newspaper editorial defends anti-Irish, anti-Catholic cartoonist Thomas Nast


An editorial in the Asbury Park Press, a New Jersey newspaper, says there is "no justification for blasting" Thomas Nast, the 19th century cartoonist whose nomination for the New Jersey Hall of Fame has been heavily criticized by ...

December 25, 2011 by DARA KELLY 17
Thomas Nast cartoon

Campaign mounted against Thomas Nast’s nomination for anti-Irish cartoons


A New Jersey assembly man has requested that Thomas Nast be excluded from the State’s Hall of Fame nominations. ...

December 15, 2011 by ANTOINETTE KELLY 13

The good old days? - Anti-Irish, anti-Catholic bigots and the KKK


Thomas Nast cartoonIt is always interesting, at this time of year, to remind people that cartoonist Thomas Nast – belovedfor more or less inventing our cherished image of Santa Claus – was also a wildly anti-Irish, anti-Catholic b ...

December 01, 2011 by Tom Deignan 44

New York Times needs to apologize for Irish-bashing


Posted by Kelly Fincham at 6/26/2009 9:04 AM EDTCalling all New York Times editors.What were you thinking of last night when you allowed two instances of anti-Irish language into your op-ed ... ...

November 01, 2011 by Kelly Fincham 1

David McCullough: An artist, an Irishman and a patriot


David McCulloughIt was an odd Fourth of July weekend.First, you had the interesting news out of Rhode Island that Governor Lincoln Chafee had officially pardoned an Irish immigrant who was hanged for murder in 1845, after a highly ...

November 01, 2011 by Tom Deignan 2

Homer Simpson created from anti-Irish stereotype, expert says


Does Homer have his origins in anti-Irish bigotry? Homer Simpson, the cuddly but stupid cartoon character familiar from our TV screens, may have been inspired by an Irish comic strips from the late 1800s. The cartoons portrayed t ...

October 05, 2011 by RICHARD ROBERTS 0
Maureen O'Hara, Irish Hollywood star

Hollywood Irish stars helped end anti-Irish racism


The Irish success in Hollywood during and after the Depression era played a major part in ending the anti-Irish and anti-Catholic ethos in America writer Joe Queenan has stated. Writing in the Guardian newspaper Queenan said &ldqu ...

July 12, 2010 by JAMES COLEMAN 18
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