Happy St Patrick's Day! In this episode, we chart the history of Taoisigh visiting the White House, how the tradition started and evolved, and why Ireland is the only country that gets this special treatment in the United States. Joining Patrick's panel is Marion R. Casey, Clinical Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies and historian at New York University. She is the author of ‘The Green Space: The Transformation of the Irish Image’ and co-editor of ‘Making The Irish American: History and Heritage of Irish in the United States’; Dr Catherine Healy, Historian-in-Residence, EPIC Irish Emigration Museum; Ted Smyth, president of the Advisory Board of Glucksman Ireland House NYU, Chair of the Clinton Institute for American Studies in University College Dublin, and former Irish diplomat; Dr Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott Associate Professor in American History, Trinity College Dublin; and Cian T. McMahon, Associate Professor at the Department of History & Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Irish Artefacts
The Scariff Martyrs, Kerry's Famine Poor and Dublin 1910-1940
Ireland's Middle Kingdom
JFK's Visit To Ireland
The Irish Civil War
Anne Frank and World War Two
Queen Elizabeth II: 70 years on the throne
The Life and Legacy of Tutankhamun
Best of May Books II
Best of May Books
Best Of: Epicurus
Fionn Mac Cumhaill Special
Best of April Books
110th Anniversary of the Titanic Sinking
Frederick Douglass
Best of March Books - Part Two
Best of March Books - Part One
The Impact Of Maimonides
Best of February Books - Part Two
The Life & Times Of Cnut The Great
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