Irish plays are written by women, too
Dennis Duggan
Dennis Duggan Former Newsday Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Dennis Duggan joined Newsday
Irish women have made great contributions to Irish-American
culture, but the Irish culture isn't so great at honoring them for it.
Take the annual St. Patrick's Day parade that runs along Fifth Avenue.
The traditional parade is run by men, and only rarely has a woman been
honored as a
grand marshal. How rarely? Three times in 244 years a woman has been
chosen...
