World of Hibernia back issues from September 1998:
the Wild Geese.
Sep 22, 1998; ... CAN DO K2 A SIX-MAN TEAM OF IRISH CLIMBERS SCALED THE SECOND HIGHEST PEAK IN THE WORLD THIS PAST JULY. K2, THE 8,611-METER HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAS, IS REGARDED AS A MORE DIFFICULT TECHNICAL CLIMB THAN MOUNT EVEREST. THE IRISH TEAM INCLUDED EDDIE COOPER (BELFAST), ...
Corporate Chieftains.(Kevin O'Connor, CEO of DoubleClick, a supplier of Internet advertising)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Kevin O'Connor Co-Founded and CEO, DoubleClick When Cormac O'Connor, now 6-years-old, asks that timeless question--"What do you do for a Jiving, Dad?"--Kevin O'Connor can tell his son, "Internet advertising," with absolute assurance that Cormac will know what he's ...
Gift of the Gab.(Irish bar closes)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 1998; ... This is a lament. It's for a bar and the people I knew there and not necessarily the drink. There was drink, of course, and it fueled many a good night and heavy-headed days. The bar lasted for 30 years, time for many of us to become middle-aged and to ...
tour de France.
Sep 22, 1998 ... Ireland successfully sponsored the start of the 1998 Tour de France in July, marking the first-ever appearance of the race in the Emerald Isle. After an ebullient start in Ireland, the world's top cyclists turned their attentions to the Continent, where a performance-enhancing drug scandal ...
Super Irish.
Sep 22, 1998 ... Shining Stars of The Irish Diaspora Fifty of Ireland's brightest stars were on show Thursday, June 11, during a black-tie dinner held at the Roosevelt Hotel on Madison Avenue in New York. Celebrating out Summer 1998 feature, "The Super Irish: Shining Stars of the Irish ...
Face to Face.(Irish artist Brian Cronin)
Sep 22, 1998; ... With his colorful, simply rendered illustrations, Dublin-born Brian Cronin has a style that is part Art Deco, part Andy Warhol. The Ireland that Brian Cronin revisited this past March is, he acknowledged recently, a different place from the country he left in 1985. Not that he ...
TRUE TO THEIR SCHOOL.(bottlenose dolphins)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 1998; ... A colony of bottlenose dolphins has made its home in Ireland's Shannon estuary since the 1830s. One of only six such populations in Europe, the school captivates visitors and scientists alike. On the west coast of Ireland, between the counties Kerry and Clare, the Shannon river, ...
Self Rule at Stormont.(Sinn Fein and Democratic Unionist party meet at Stormont Castle)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Northern Ireland convenes its first assembly in nearly 30 years, and all of Ireland-- both North and South--holds out hope for a real end to the violence. It was a scene that would have been unimaginable 18 months ago--Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and the firebrand Unionist leader, ...
The Keys to the Kingdom.(man wins Irish pub in contest)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Congratulations--You've Just Won an Irish Pub Imagine you're 22-years-old, a year out of college, and not all that thrilled with your job. On a whim you enter a contest to win a pub in Ireland, coming up with a brief, poetic description of the perfect pint of Guinness. ...
Celestial Cultivation.(Birr Castle in Ireland)
Sep 22, 1998; ... The family that has lived Birr Castle for 14 generations is night at home with pursuits both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. The living history of Birr Castle has been unfolding since the first millennium, continually shaping and being shaped by the Irish midlands in which it ...
Dancing in Alaska.(Irish film director Pat O'Connor )(Interview)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Anticipating the release of his big-screen version of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa this fall, Irish film director Pat O'Connor takes a summer holiday in our nation's 49th state. So what brought you to Alaska?" he asked me. Seated across the table at a waterfront ...
Her name was Lola.(dancer Loal Montez)
Sep 22, 1998; ... The daughter of an English foot soldier and an Irish dressmaker, Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert refashioned herself as Lola Montez, a "Spanish" beauty who cultured society on four continents. On the night of June 3, 1843, a gala audience at Her Majesty's Theatre in London wildly ...
WISHING WELLS.(holy wells in Ireland)
Sep 22, 1998; ... WHATEVER AILS YOU-BE IT POOR EYESIGHT OR A BAD BACK-IRELAND'S HOLY WELLS OFFER HOPE. Most people have been cursed with a painful toothache at one time or another. Imagine it happening to you in rural Ireland and then discovering that the local dentist is on vacation. To make ...
D-DAY IN WEXFORD.(battle scene in 'Saving Private Ryan' filmed in Ireland)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Braving a barrage of machine-gun fire from a bunker above them, nearly 1,000 soldiers from the Irish army stormed Curracloe Beach in County Wexford last summer, attempting a frontal assault to regain a Nazi-held beachhead. There was heavy bloodshed as the unprotected Irish soldiers dropped ...
The Fighting Sullivans.(World War II heroism of the Sullivan brothers)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Throughout their service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Sullivans were sure of one thing: They wanted to stick together no matter what the consequences. They have never forgotten the Sullivan boys in Waterloo, Iowa. This midwestern town dedicated two parks in their ...
Appreciating Irish Antiques.(Buyers Guide)
Sep 22, 1998; ... In the second of four articles in investing in Ireland, The World of Hibernia present an essential guide for the would-be antique buyer. Autumn in Dublin means a nip in the air, drifts of leaves on the pavement, and a buzz of excitement at the Royal Dublin Society, where the ...
KINSALE a place apart.(Kinsale, Ireland)
Sep 22, 1998; ... My first sighting of Kinsale was from the deck of a 36-foot racing boat as we limped into her safe harbor from a Force-8 sea. It was June 1972 and four of us had decided to mark the end of our five-year boarding-school life together by circumnavigating Ireland --a fitting end to ...
What's cooking in KINSALE.(restaurants in Kinsale, Ireland)(Directory)
Sep 22, 1998; ... A Guide to The Ten Best Places to Eat on the Cork Riviera Amecca for lovers of good food and wine, Kinsale welcomes all who visit--by sea or land. Once a busy port, the town now boasts streets lined with restaurants, casual eateries, and pubs buzzing with the sounds of live ...
Golf on the Edge of the World.(Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale , Ireland)
Sep 22, 1998; ... If you are ever lucky enough to find yourself standing on the second tee at the Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale on a sunny day--and start praying to the golf gods that one day you will--here is what you will see. To your left is Kinsale harbor flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. A ...
CONNEMARA'S HIDDEN TREASURE.(Connemara, County Galway)
Sep 22, 1998; ... Along the Atlantic seaboard, on the west coast of Ireland, there are 12 mountains that are steeped in myth and which have inspired writers and poets for centuries. At the heart of the "Twelve Bens" in Connemara, County Galway, nestle marble quarries that mine the unique green stone known ...
Breakfast on Pluto.
Sep 22, 1998; ... Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (Picador, 15.99 [pounds sterling]/$23.00) Given the deserved success of Neil Jordan's recent film adaptation of Patrick McCabe's equally excellent 1992 novel The Butcher Boy, expectations are running high for McCabe's ...
The Committee: Political Assassination in Northern Ireland.
Sep 22, 1998; ... The Committee: Political Assassination in Northern Ireland by Sean McPhilemy (Roberts Rinehart, $524.95) Few books published about Northern Ireland have ever had implications as potentially grave as those explored in The Committee. Here is a set of ...
Hitler's Irish Voices--The Story of German Radio's Wartime Service.
Sep 22, 1998; ... Hitler's Irish Voices--The Story of German Radio's Wartime Service by David O'Donoghue (Beyond the Pale Publications, Paperback 7.95 [pounds sterling]/$11.00) Ireland's experience of World War II was about survival. The new State was less than ...
Irish Townlands: Studies In Local History.
Sep 22, 1998; ... Irish Townlands: Studies In Local History Edited by Brian O Dalaigh, Denis A. Cronin, and Paul Connell (Four Courts Press, 125.00 [pounds sterling]/$45.00) Visitors to Ireland are often bewildered by the profusion of townlands, the oldest land unit in the ...
The New Irish Americans.(Review)
Sep 22, 1998; ... The New Irish Americans by Ray O'Hanlon (Roberts, Rinehart Publishers, $15.95) Ray O'Hanlon writes very well. His style is vivid, it has pace, and he has a great eye for detail. He is one of the best in a generation of Irish journalists currently making an ...
An Seinnteoir.(sound recording reviews)
Sep 22, 1998 ... As Indian summer sets in, Irish music continues to heat up, drawing listeners from both sides of the Atlantic. Cran Black Black Black (Claddagh Records) Cran is an innovative and fresh-sounding trio, comprised of Uilleann piper Ronan Browne, well-known for his work ...
what's hot in Ireland.(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 1998 ... "Wow" is the word for the new IMAX Theatre in Dublin's Parnell Centre. With the largest film screen in Ireland (82-feet wide by 62-feet high), coupled with state-of-the-art projectors and speakers, the theater is designed to port the viewer to another reality. Films on showcase thus far ...
Diary.(Ireland entertainment guide)
Sep 22, 1998 ... Clarenbridge Oyster Festival Galway (September 4-6). The name Clarenbridge, well-known among oyster-lovers, is home to Galway's annual oyster festival. Since its launch more than 40 years ago, this outing, with plenty of seafood delights, fun, and entertainment, continues to attract ...
A Tale of Three Coneys.(three Coney Islands in the world)(Brief Article)
Sep 22, 1998; ... With this issue, The World of Hibernia introduces "Here and There"--a look at a place in Ireland whose name is shared by a town or city elsewhere in the world. Our first column compares the epitome of carnival Americana--Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y.--to two locales in Ireland also known ...