An Irish expatriate, he created Sin-é, a bare-bones cafe that became an unlikely magnet for stars like Sinead O’Connor, Bono of U2 and Iggy Pop.
Category: Irish-Americans
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Hampers to Show Your Irish Friends Are ‘Thinking About You’
Since 2017, the Paddy Box has dispatched collections of regional favorites like Tayto potato chips and Bisto gravy granules.
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Down the Rabbit Hole in Search of a Few Frames of Irish American History
The silent film “The Callahans and the Murphys” was pulled after an uproar over stereotyping. What happened next tantalized one fan of old movies.
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The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.