Marion McKeone: A Clear-eyed View on the Future of Irish America
Marion McKeone is the US correspondent for the Sunday Business Post. Before that, from 2000-2009, she was the US editor for the Sunday Tribune. She has also written for the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Irish Times.
Ted Smyth: The Irish Diplomat
In the seventh episode of “The Last Hurrah”, Liam and Scott talk to Ted Smyth about his career as an Irish diplomat in the United States during the Carter and Reagan administrations, the importance of Irish soft power, and the role of Irish America in the election of Joe Biden.
Joan Walsh: What’s the Matter with White People?
In the sixth episode of “The Last Hurrah”, Liam and Scott talk to Joan Walsh about her Irish Catholic family and childhood, the divisions within Irish America and the future of Irish America and the Democratic Party.
From Democrats to Divided Loyalties: Irish American Politics 1930s to the 1990s
In the fourth episode of The Last Hurrah, Liam and Scott sit down with Professor Meagher for a conversation on how Irish American Catholics remade the Democratic Party, Irish America’s role in World War II and the Cold War, and its shift toward the Republican Party in the latter half of the 20th century.
