Patricia Harty (journalist)
Patricia Harty | |
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Occupation(s) | Journalist, author and editor |
Known for | Irish America magazine |
Patricia Harty is an
Biography
Patricia Harty co-founded
In 2017 Harty was honored with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish abroad and in 2009 she received the Ambassador Award from the St. Patrick's Committee of Holyoke, Massachusetts for her work "to promote the relationship between the people of the Republic of Ireland and the people of the United States."[3]
She was twice honored by the Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York for her "outstanding journalistic contributions to the Irish community in New York and throughout the United States."[4]
And in 2000, she was made a Citizen of the Bronx by Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer, the Bronx Borough President.[5]
Harty, who is a native of
In addition to her book, Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century,[6] Harty contributed essays to Being Irish: Personal Reflections on Irish Identity Today,[7] edited by Paddy Logue, and The Irish Face in America[8] by Julia McNamara.
References
- ^ "Irish America".
- ^ "Let's Travel Radio".
- ^ "Holyoke's Irish Heart". 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Let's Travel Radio".
- ^ "Four U.S. recipients in Irish presidential awards list". The Irish Echo.
- ^ "The Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century". www.goodreads.com.
- ^ "Being Irish: Personal Reflections on Irish Identity Today". www.amazon.com.
- ^ "The Irish Face in America Hardcover – September 15, 2004". www.amazon.com.