Media and the making of an Irish heroine

How did a self-professed revolutionary socialist draw throngs of Irish-American conservatives? Like its British and Irish counterparts, the American press fell over itself to paint her as a Dark Rosaleen. The Daily News trumpeted her first press conference: ‘Fighting colleen breezes in’. The Irish Echo cooed: ‘She is, in fact, a born leader … of ... Read more

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