Tom Deignan Writer
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Tom Deignan is the author of "Irish Americans: Coming to America" (Barron’s) and served as a contributing writer for the book "Irish American Chronicle" (Publications International Ltd.). He writes the weekly Sidewalks column for the Irish Voice newspaper and contributes a monthly Op Ed column to the Newark Star Ledger. His writing has appeared in newspapers such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Irish Independent, and magazines such as Commonweal, America, Publisher's Weekly and Irish America. Currently an English teacher in Brooklyn, Deignan has taught history, cinema and English at CUNY, St. John’s University and Bowling Green State University.

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Irish Voice, Irish Central

345 Articles
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The right to hypocrisy? Catholics getting targeted

Didn't right-wingers howl for decades that the folks on the other side of the aisle were anti-religious? Didn’t they ...

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How the Irish become Mexican in America

The story of Mexican immigrants in America should be a familiar one to anyone who knows their Irish American history.

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The US should never be a Christian nation

When my father was in his 20s, if he got bored on a lazy summer day and decided to start a new book, he would have co...

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America's saints and sinnersAmerica's saints and sinners

Here in America, far too many people are starting to look at their fellow citizens as either saints or sinners - but ...

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Time for a great beach read - check out these New York Irish novels

Amidst a politically tumultuous summer here in the US, Tom Deignan shares his picks of New York Irish novels to escap...

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Classic Irish-Jewish story celebrates 100th anniversary of Broadway debut

It was just one of those weird coincidences. Last month, veteran stage and screen actor David Birney died at the age ...

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Pride, prejudice, and the Pope

Irish American Michael O'Loughlin understands how far gay Catholics have come, and how far we all still have to go be...

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A new century, a new fight in the American labor story

Tom Deignan talks with Irish American Kim Kelly, author of "Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor," a...

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No country for old Catholics in Ireland or the US

Maybe now would be a good time for the Catholic Church to build, rather than burn, bridges. Tom Deignan's column from...

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George Carlin HBO documentary set to examine life of influential comic

“I can prove to you that rape is funny.” Boy, and you thought what Trump said on the Access Hollywood tape was awful....

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What George Carlin is saying now

A new HBO documentary "George Carlin's American Dream" is set to examine the life of influential comic George Carlin.

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US republicans can learn from Sinn Féin republicans in Northern Ireland

Can we start with this? Can we start by saying, from MSNBC to Fox News, some of us have got to step up and accept tha...

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