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Vol.31 No.1 •December/January 2016
IRISH AMERICA Mórtas Cine
Adam Farley
Julia Brodsky
is working on a Master’s degree in Irish studies at NYU, focusing on modern and postmodern Irish literature. She interviews Colin Barrett for this issue. She is from Philadelphia and now lives in Brooklyn.
John Keaghan,
who writes about the Celtic Colors Festival, is a freelance writer based in Oakville, Ontario. He began his career in journalism as a photographer for The Armagh Guardian and a reporter with The Portadown News. In Canada, he worked as an editor of a community newspaper chain and then as an investigative reporter, sports columnist, restaurant reviewer and travel writer for daily newspapers. He is now an editor on the national desk of Postmedia News.
, Irish America’s deputy editor, interviews Jim Clerkin for this issue. Adam joined the magazine in 2012. He holds a Master of Arts in Irish and Irish American Studies from NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House, where he specialized in modern and contemporary Irish poetry. Adam, who is from Washington State, attended the University of Washington, and lived on Brooklyn Avenue in Seattle. He now lives in Brooklyn but not on Washington Avenue.
Pride In Our Heritage
Founding Publisher: Niall O’Dowd Co-Founder/ Editor-in-Chief: Patricia Harty
Jim Murphy,
who contributes “A Child’s Christmas in Brooklyn” to this issue, directed the Irish Studies Program at Villanova University from its inception 1979 to his retirement in 2010. The program is now one the largest undergraduate Irish Studies programs in the U.S., with outreach to NUI Galway and to the Abbey Theatre. Jim and his wife Kath live in Villanova, PA.
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Jerri Donohue
A freelance writer in Brecksville, Ohio, Jerri Donohue’s work has appeared in regional, history and religious publications. Jerri’s favorite subjects always relate to World War II and in this issue she writes about Smoky, the lucky WWII Yorkie.
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Megan Smolenyak
is a genealogist and the author of six books, including In Search of Or Ancestors, and Who Do You Think You Are?, a companion to the TV series. She has uncovered the Irish heritage of everyone from Barack Obama, Barry Manilow, and Bruce Springsteen, and contributes a personal family story to this issue.
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