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Irish America reflects on the Irish-Americans who have passed in the recent weeks. Our thoughts and prayers, as always, lay with the families and friends of.
James Rogers, Director, Center for Irish Studies, University of Saint Thomas.
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With the passing of Eoin McKiernan, 89, (see October / November 2004’s Last Word column) we reflect on his rich legacy that lay in his love of Ireland.
No one was more knowledgeable on Ireland or Irish America than Eoin. For many years – until the beginning of the year 2000 – he penned the Last Word column for this magazine. He wrote about politics and history, literature and language, of great events and everyday incidents that marked our passage. He told us stories of great heroes and reminded us of anniversaries such as that of Irish rebel John Devoy (September marking his birth and death), and brought to our attention those lesser-known champions that he admired. One such person was the linguist Jeremiah Curtin (the son of Irish immigrants and the first Wisconsinite to earn a degree from Harvard College), who he said “recognized language as the treasury, the transmitter, the myth ma