A heartwarming tale about an Irish immigrant in Chicago: Paddy Homan, a 32-year-old Cork-born tenor, uses his musical talents to cheer the elderly and disabled clients he visits in his day job as a social worker. “We all love him”, says 91-year-old Lilly Allen in the report, by Judith Graham in a recent issue of… Continue reading Tradition informs work of Chicago emigrant
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Dail calls for bilateral agreement on US undocumented
TDs from all parties have united to call for a bilateral agreement between the US and Ireland to legalise the undocumented Irish in the US. The motion was proposed by Fine Gael. Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural and Gaeltacht affairs Michael Ring said Ireland had a responsibility toward the undocumented, adding, “The situation facing… Continue reading Dail calls for bilateral agreement on US undocumented
Immigration scholar retires
One of the leading scholars of Irish immigration to the US is retiring. Charles Fanning, who founded the Irish and Irish immigration Studies programme at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is leaving teaching after 14 years there, reports the Southern Illinoisan. Dr Fanning has written and edited more than ten books, including “Exiles of Erin: Nineteenth-Century… Continue reading Immigration scholar retires
J-1ers go west as traditional spots lose pull
California is the big draw this summer for Irish students working in the US summer on J-1 visas, according to journalist Carole Coleman. She reports on RTÉ that there is a growing trend for students to go to the western state, as numbers fall from the traditional favourites of New York, Boston and New Jersey.… Continue reading J-1ers go west as traditional spots lose pull
ACIS 2008 National Conference: 16-19 April, 2008; Iowa
The American Conference for Irish Studies will host its 2008 conference in St Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. The Conference theme is “The Global Irish: Conflict, Coexistence and Community.” Organisers are inviting 20-minute papers on any Irish Studies topic, particularly those that address how the Irish both in Ireland and abroad have endured and interpreted their… Continue reading ACIS 2008 National Conference: 16-19 April, 2008; Iowa
Book highlights Irish contribution to US slang
Snazzy, slugger, balony, lollygag: all of these words entered the American vernacular thanks to the Irish speakers who migrated to the US in the last century, according to a ground-breaking new work. Jack Cassidy has recently published “How the Irish Invented Slang: the Secret Language of the Crossroad”. The book has received substantial attention in… Continue reading Book highlights Irish contribution to US slang