The term "Racy" has been used in the past as a way of commending the organization or policy as exhibiting the excellence of the Irish race, according to Dr. O’Malley.
Nancy Lusignan Schultz is professor and coordinator of Graduate Programs in English and America Studies at Salem State College, Salem, Mass. She has completed fellowships at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is co-editor of: Salem: Place, Myth and Memory (Northeastern U. Press, 2005). Professor Lusignan Schultz is also the author
A frequent visitor to Ireland, Denny Lynch has recorded his travels with wonderful and engaging photographs. He received his BS in History and MS in Education from Towson University in Maryland and has taught history in the Baltimore schools for over 30 years. His work has been exhibited in Paris, Manhattan and Ireland (County Kerry).
Alen MacWeeney was born in Dublin in 1939 and came to the U.S. at age 21 to become assistant to the renowned photographer Richard Avedon. He soon established himself as a contributor to such publications as The New Yorker, Life, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. His photographs are in the permanent collections of
In his book Molloy explores the life of Joseph Banigan (1839-1898), one of America's most successful 19th Century industrialists, who became New England’s first Catholic millionaire. Banigan was an Irish Potato Famine refugee from County Monaghan, in Ulster, who established himself in Rhode Island and became a titan of the rubber industry; Banigan become president
Byrne brings one of Ireland’s ancient and respected families to vivid life. His epic of the O’Byrne family begins in 16th Century County Wicklow, as they struggle to counter English aggression and maintain their landholdings. The story continues through their emigration to America in 1818, settling in Catholic Baltimore, with insights into what is to
