Larry Kirwan of Black 47
Saturday, 17 May 2025

FROM HERBERT HOOVER TO DONALD TRUMP - TARIFF MASTERS

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The word on the street in Queens was, “Donny couldn’t organize a two car funeral.” Anyone could be forgiven one bankruptcy, but six was stre...
Wednesday, 7 May 2025

LACE CURTAIN VERSUS SHANTY AT THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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The divide between lace curtain and shanty had pretty much disappeared by the time I hit New York in the 1970’s. That being said, the client...
Wednesday, 9 April 2025

CELTIC CRUSH 20TH ANNIVERSARY ON SIRIUSXM RADIO

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About twenty years ago, I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I was visiting the Sirius Satellite Radio headquarters for an...
Friday, 4 April 2025

DAVID JOHANSEN, JACK O'LEARY, JOE STRUMMER & ALL MY INFLUENCERS!

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  There are a number of building blocks in any reasonably successful rock ‘n’ roll band. First of course, are the musicians themselves, foll...
Monday, 24 March 2025

ROCKIN' THE BRONX - A NOVEL & ODE TO BAINBRIDGE AVENUE

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 The scene in the Irish Bronx between the 1970’s and the 1990’s was so wild and in-your-face, I figured it would last forever. It never occu...

CONGESTION PRICING ON CANAL

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Canal Street in Lower Manhattan runs just over a mile from East Broadway to West Street. It’s big, broad and bustling and...
Friday, 7 March 2025

RUTH SANGER - THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IRISH-AMERICAN?

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Who was the most successful Irish-American?   In my book, she was a fugitive, a prisoner, vivacious, beloved, despised, and competitive; she...
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