This volume showcases eighteen authors whose works span the various forms of poetry and song; drama and comic sketch; essay, memoir and autobiography; fiction and humorous tale. These writers explore the perennially fascinating question of the links between Minnesota and Ireland.
Tabella dei contenuti
Table of Contents
Note from the Executive Director by Tracie Loeffler
Introduction by Patrick O’Donnell
Part One: Historical Bridges
Gary Brueggeman | Nonfiction…………………………………………………3
Excerpt from Minnesota’s Oldest Murder Mystery: The Case of
Edward Phalen: St. Paul’s Unsaintly Pioneer
Amanda Hughes | Fiction………………………………………………………..19
Excerpt from The Sword of the Banshee
Natalie O’Shea | Drama…………………………………………………………..37
Excerpt from Get Up Your Irish! (Forgetting Ireland)
Patrick J. Hill | Poetry……………………………………………………………..53
The Irish American Club
Katie Murphy
James S. Rogers | Nonfiction……………………………………………………61
Minnesota’s Irish Writers
Patrick O’Donnell | Nonfiction/Drama……………………………………69
The Public Dream Kingdom of Two Private Irishmen:
Guthrie and Dowling
Ironic Meetings of Ghosts at the Irish Fair of Minnesota
The Cure: A Little Sip of French Wine
Part Two: Bridges of Memory
Ethna Mc Kiernan | Poetry………………………………………………………83
Deora Dé
Eastern Standard Time 9-11-01
Still-Life on Inisheer
Driving the Coast Road to Dingle
Going Back
Tom Dahill | Nonfiction………………………………………………………….93
St. Paul to Galway: The Story of a Highland Gurrier
Paddy O’Brien | Nonfiction……………………………………………………107
The Shinny
David O’Sullivan | Nonfiction……………………………………………….115
Leaving
Eddie Owens | Nonfiction/Poetry………………………………………….133
Easter Thursday
Righteous Rebels
The Leaving
Bury Me Deep
Bill Watkins | Poetry………………………………………………………………143
The Bones of Santa Claus
Farewell to Ballyshanny
Paddy’s Trip to Hell (The Omnium Song)
Dickens in Dublin
Part Three: Contemporary Bridges
Erin Hart | Fiction…………………………………………………………………155
Excerpt from Lake of Sorrows
Mike Faricy | Fiction……………………………………………………………..163
Excerpt from Last Shot
John Dingley | Fiction……………………………………………………………173
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Tracie Loeffler | Nonfiction……………………………………………………185
Postscript ~ Europa
Bridget Murphy | Nonfiction…………………………………………………195
The Last Rites
Carol Connolly | Poetry…………………………………………………………211
Payments Due
A Gentleman’s Invitation
Author Contact Information………………………………………………….217
Acknowledgments………………………………………………………………….219
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