by Kate Dolan | Mar 16, 2016 | Articles, Food, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
I can believe that some people say “to-mah-to” but I always thought that when Ira Gershwin wrote “You like potato, and I like potahto,” in the classic tune “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” he was just being lazy with his...
by Kate Dolan | Mar 17, 2015 | Articles, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
In anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day, tonight my son hung Irish flags on the wall and we ate corned beef for dinner. But my mom always told me that corned beef wasn’t Irish and I never saw any during the six months that I Iived with a family in the Dublin...
by Kate Dolan | Mar 11, 2014 | Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
It’s a rather arrogant exaggeration to say that everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but it is true that those with some family ties to Ireland are more likely to remember them around March 17. And it’s a great excuse to drink Irish...
by Kate Dolan | Mar 14, 2013 | Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
Even in broad daylight, Dunluce Castle is a rather eerie place. Stark stone ruins reach toward the sky like skeletal fingers digging up their way up out of the ground. But that description fits at least half the castle ruins in Ireland, a place where stone castle...
by Kate Dolan | Aug 17, 2011 | Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
Some people are excited to go to New York to see a Broadway show. Some plan elaborate shopping trips. Some come to see famous sights like the Statue of Liberty. But the last time I traveled to New York, I went to see an old tenement, or more specifically, an old...
by Kate Dolan | Jun 5, 2011 | Latest Posts, Living History, The Irish
On this day in 1870, Jacob Riis stepped off a ship from Denmark to begin a new life in New York. The immigration office found him a job in western Pennsylvania, but news of a war in Europe prompted him to soon return to New York City to volunteer to serve in the...
