John F. Kennedy is remembered as the consummate American politician of his day, but he was also shaped by a distinct ethnic-religious tradition, that of Catholic Irish-Americans in the US. The often tragic history of Ireland is not easily reconciled with the power and glamour of the Kennedy...
"These developments in the social status of Catholic Irish Americans appear to have affected Dillon O'Brien's 1866 novel, which represents Irish American economic success as the Midwestern frontier and, in doing so, displaces the troubling Famine calamities of the past from the major scope of na...
Millions of Americans - and their dogs - left dumbfounded by celestial show ByKeith DugganTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:27 Total solar eclipse races across North America as Ireland sees snippet of the action too Eclipse mania grips North America as partial solar event visible in Ireland on Monday eve...
Donald Trump wants 10 months of chaos – US Republicans are determined to deliver it Edward Luce: Joe Biden needs to spell out to Americans over and over again what is happening ByEdward LuceThu Feb 08 2024 - 08:00 Mysterious deaths of Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen in back garden ...
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one with which large numbers of people around the world, and particularly in the United States, choose to identify. Seeking to explain the widespread appeal of all things Irish, the contributors to this collection show that for Americans, Irishness is rapidly becoming the white ethnicity of choic...
Americans, Irishness is rapidly becoming the white ethnicity of choice, a means of claiming an ethnic identity while maintaining the benefits of whiteness. At the same time, the essayists challenge essentialized representations of Irishness, bringing attention to the complexities of Irish history ...
AfricanAmericangroup in the United States but received no response whatsoever.4 Obvious problems arose, such as the fact that the United States had yet to ratify the Convention precisely because of issues such as the question of impunity for crimes of racial violence against AfricanAmericans;5it...
1) Americans in general esp. when used by foreigners.2) Northerners as opposed to southerners (the old Union v old Confederacy) in the USA, or those living above or below the Mason-Dixon line.3) In New England, esp. Boston area -- WASPs as opposed to Irish and other Americans.4) ...
and there are many militant pro-Irish-Megan Irish-Americans out there, There is an obscure Irish surname,Meegan. However, this name has usually been found as Meehan in this century. Megan and friends have been very popular in the USA since the 1970s, and are gaining popularity in the UK...