'Decent, Ordinary Criminals' Touches on Lost Souls
By Erin Elizabeth Wichtoski
Mike Neville loves Milwaukee...so much so that he abandoned prosperity and fame in New York City, the be-all end-all for a playwright. However, his journey to and fro was done in the name of education and family. This is a man of valiant priorities and honor whose most recent work, Decent Ordinary Criminals, was recently performed at Milwaukee's Walker Arts Center. [More]
 

Into the West, Out of the East and Through the Midlands
By Laura Harrison McBride
Special to The Irish American Post
A tall, gaunt, beakey-nosed Anglo-Irish gentleman in top hat, canary breeches and a ripped and dirty red coat, a swale of muck on his derriere, cast his sharp, dark eyes about, looking for a groom. Two freckled boys led muddy ponies to the wash stall. [More]
 

My father, the classic Irishman
By Margaret Melloy Guziak
My father, John Patrick Melloy, never had an identity crisis. He knew exactly who and what he was. He was the first-born son of an Irish emigrant pipefitter who worked at Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia on the Delaware River when he came over from the Old Country. Dad called his father "Pop," telling us how Pop had saved his wages.[More]
 

Islam in Ireland, post-9/11
By Pól Ó Conghaile
Irish American Post Dublin Bureau/Phat Traffic Productions
Deep inside the Islamic Cultural Centre in Dublin, a class of schoolboys is washing. Piled into a purpose-built facility, bereft of shoes and socks, you could try and catch their eyes, make them laugh, but I don't think the teachers would appreciate it.[More]
 

Creating the National Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park 
By Pól Ó Conghaile
Phat Traffic Productions
 Sitting in her offices on Dublin's Thomas Street, Ann Scroope can hardly believe the finishing line is in sight. Almost two years since her company, Scroope Design, was commissioned to design the exhibits for the Irish folklife museum in Turlough Park, Co. Mayo, her work is as good as done. [More]
 

Correspondent tells story beyond the story
By Noel Baker 
Special to The Irish American Post
Fergal Keane has barely had time to stand up straight in the town of Cobh, before people are seeking him out, leading with their outstretched hands. An English woman relays how much she "loves his programs," before delivering the ultimate compliment — "you've made my day." [More]