“A Symbol for Independence” Robert Emmet Park, Washington D.C. | Irish America Magazine
March 9, 2016
Turlough McConnell’s article, “Robert Emmet: A Symbol for Independence” has been re-published in Irish America’s February/March 2016 issue. This coincides with the March centennial re-dedication of the famous memorial to Robert Emmet by Kerry-born sculptor Jerome Connor located on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. Representative Joe Crowley has introduced HR. 4564 to re-designate the site as “Robert Emmet Park,” please click here for more info on how you can support this long-overdue amendment.
To read Turlough McConnell’s original article please click here
Posted in news | Comments Off on “A Symbol for Independence” Robert Emmet Park, Washington D.C. | Irish America MagazineSt. Patrick’s Cathedral Book: The Legacy of America’s Parish Church
March 9, 2016
TMCC is proud to be referenced in the newly issued book, St. Patrick’s Cathedral: The Legacy of America’s Parish Church published on the occasion of the cathedral’s restoration & Pope Francis’ 2015 visit to New York City. Our exhibition, “A Monumental Legacy: Archbishop John J. Hughes and the Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral” provides in-depth historical background on the construction of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the mid-19th century.
For original video content, press release, and more on “A Monumental Legacy: Archbishop John J. Hughes and the Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral” please click here
To order St. Patrick’s Cathedral: The Legacy of America’s Parish Church please click here
Posted in news | Comments Off on St. Patrick’s Cathedral Book: The Legacy of America’s Parish ChurchFrom Dingle to Washington, D.C. | Irish Central
November 17, 2015
Irish American sculptor Jerome Connor
“In his inspiring speech, Emmet proclaimed: ‘I wished to procure for my country the guarantee which Washington procured for America.’ His concluding words have echoed through the ages: ‘When my country takes her place among nations, then and not till then, let my epitaph be written.'”
Turlough McConnell reflects on the biography of the Irish revolutionary, Robert Emmet, by way of the remarkable and poignant story of Irish sculptor Jerome Connor who created a memorial to Emmet (1916) which still stands within view of the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C. today.
“Our nation’s capital is home to the work of Kerry-born sculptor Jerome Connor (1874–1943). His sculptures include the memorial at Georgetown University to Bishop John Carroll (1912), America’s first bishop and cousin of Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. Outside St. Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral is Nuns of the Battlefield (1924), a tribute to the women who nursed soldiers of both armies during the Civil War. Within sight of the Embassy of Ireland is Connor’s famous memorial to Irish patriot Robert Emmet (1916), commissioned by a group of Irish Americans (including the singer John McCormack) to commemorate Irish independence. Connor chose to render Emmet delivering his famous speech from the dock, an enduring symbol of the struggle for freedom.”
To read the full article click here
At the Robert Emmet Memorial in Washington, D.C. From left, Mat Greenwood AOH, Betsy Broun, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Ralph Day, AOH, Lee Snook, National Park Service, Tom Devine, AOH, Josh Torres, National Park Service and Jack O’Brien, AOH.
Popes and Presidents | Irish Voice
October 14, 2015Strange Bedfellows in the Fight for Peace, Climate and Immigration
“The idea of pope as lobbyist in American politics at a turbulent time is not without precedent.”
On the occasion of Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States (September 22 – 27, 2015), Turlough McConnell reflects in the Irish Voice on the history of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the US Government. An exhibition currently on view at the Archives of the Archdiocese of New York highlights Pope Paul VI’s work with President Lyndon B. Johnson during the Cold War and the Vatican’s influence on organizing the cease-fire between the US and Vietnam in Paris, 1973.
“…Though the pope will have an ally in President Obama, the challenge to curb and address the consequences of manmade climate change and temper the anti-immigration debate are provocative positions to deliver before a body of legislators containing more than a few skeptics.
The idea of pope as lobbyist in American politics at a turbulent time is not without precedent. Just two months before his death in 1963 John XXIII issued his last encyclical, In Pacem in Terris, (Peace on Earth), in which he outlined a vision of universal peace, justice, charity and liberty.”
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Posted in news | Comments Off on Popes and Presidents | Irish VoiceHow The Nuns of New York Tamed The Gangs of New York | Irish Central
August 17, 2015
In 1817, Mother Elizabeth Seton, America’s first Saint, sent three Sisters to her native New York to begin the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, located near Saint Patrick’s [Old] Cathedral on Prince and Mott Streets.
“…The situation grew increasingly dire, and by 1846 the sisters made the difficult decision to break from their order in Maryland and start a new congregation so they could concentrate their efforts on this desperate local population.
In choosing to break with their order these women had everything to lose and nothing to gain, but they knew how much was at stake.”
In “How The Nuns of New York Tamed The Gangs of New York,” Turlough McConnell weaves the riveting story of The Sisters of Charity of New York.
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Posted in news | Comments Off on How The Nuns of New York Tamed The Gangs of New York | Irish CentralMade in (18th Century) Ireland | Irish America Magazine
March 17, 2015
To celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, Turlough McConnell is pleased to share his latest story, “Made In (18th Century) Ireland,” published in Irish America Magazine about the wonderful exhibition of 18th Century Irish art opening today at The Art Institute of Chicago.
“Popularly known as the “long 18th century,” beginning with the ascendancy of William and Mary over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1689 and culminating at the brink of Ireland’s Great Hunger in the 1840s, these were not just years of hardship and uncertainty in Ireland but they also mark a period of extraordinary creative accomplishment.
At a time of grand ideas, of the European Enlightenment and the French and American Revolutions, of political ferment as the country chafed under English rule, the arts flourished in Ireland in a kind of neglected renaissance.” Click here to read the full article.
A Monumental Legacy Exhibition Tour | Video
December 6, 2014Turlough McConnell Communications is pleased to announce the launch of original video content, a two-part guided tour of the exhibition A Monumental Legacy: Archbishop John J. Hughes and the Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as seen at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York (March 7 – July 31, 2014) by CEO/President of TMCC, Turlough McConnell.
Part One
Part Two
Click here for more information on the exhibition (Currently on view at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral Gallery, New York).
Posted in news | Comments Off on A Monumental Legacy Exhibition Tour | VideoA Monumental Legacy: Archbishop John J. Hughes and the Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
December 5, 2014A Monumental Legacy: Archbishop John J. Hughes and the Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, an original exhibition, was seen at the Consulate General of Ireland-New York in Spring-Summer 2014. The exhibition continues at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral this Fall in conjunction with the Bicentennial Celebration.
Dates: September 30, 2014 – Fall 2015
Admission: Free; handicapped accessible, open to the public by appointment by sending an email to [email protected]. Groups are welcome by appointment.
Venue: St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral Gallery, 263 Mulberry Street, New York (Between Prince and Houston)
Hours: Monday through Friday, 11 am to 4 pm by appointment see above
Click here to view the Press Release.
Click here to view Original Video Content.
The extraordinary story of a towering 19th century Irish immigrant and the Famine Irish who built a New York landmark opened March 7, 2014 at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York.
Archbishop John J. Hughes and The Building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Featuring a Selection of Paintings from the Brian P. Burns Collection of Irish Art
Dates: March 7 through July 31, 2014
Admission: Free; handicapped accessible, open to the public by appointment by calling 212-319-2555 ext. 0 or sending an email to [email protected]. Groups are welcome by appointment. Docent-led tours also arranged upon request by calling 718-383-3000 or by email.
Venue: Consulate General of Ireland, 345 Park Avenue, 17th floor, New York
Hours: Monday through Friday, 11 am to 4 pm by appointment see above
John J. Hughes’ Historic Legacy | Irish Voice
December 4, 2014Cahir O’Doherty
Irish Voice. Wednesday, October 15, 2014 – Tuesday, October 21, 2014
“Irish history often has to be salvaged from the dismal forces that have conspired to obscure it – deep cultural or religious hostility, lack of sufficient funds, political upheavals, even the passing of time itself.
To paraphrase James Baldwin, when you have to struggle every day to snatch your dignity from the forces that range to deny it, actually telling your story can be the most revolutionary thing of all.
No one knew this better than Archbishop John J. Hughes. Born in 1797 and raised in Co. Tyrone, thanks to the penal laws of his era he suffered persecution for being both Irish and Catholic in Ulster…”
From Left: Rowan Gillespie (Sculptor), Monsignor Donald Sakano (Pastor, Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral), William C. Duggan (Chairman Archbishop Hughes Commemorative Committee)
Photographer: James Higgins
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Posted in news | Comments Off on John J. Hughes’ Historic Legacy | Irish VoiceA Bicentennial Celebration | Adrian Flannelly Show
December 3, 2014October 4, 2014
Irish Radio Network USA
William Duggan (Chairman Archbishop Hughes Commemorative Committee), Rowan Gillespie (Sculptor), Turlough McConnell (President/CEO, Turlough McConnell Communications), Msgr. Donald Sakano (Pastor, Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral)
A discussion of Archbishop John J. Hughes, the Bicentennial Program of Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, and Rowan Gillespie’s commission to make a public sculpture of Archbishop Hughes for the Bicentennial in 2015.
Left: The memorial will be installed at 32 Prince Street, New York City, site of America’s first parochial school, across from the Basilica of St.Patrick’s Old Cathedral.
Photograph courtesy of Acheson Doyle Partners Architects, P.C.
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