From one, many : to find a new way of belonging / Colum McCann -- Foreword: Reflections on Irish America in the twenty-first century / Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland -- Preface: 'A castle that will continue to enhance Irish culture and scholarship' / Andrew Hamilton, President of New York University -- Ireland / Billy Collins -- A door, opened / Terry Golway -- Child of my heart : playing for the spirit of his ancestors / Alice McDermott -- Marching towards the future / Colm Tóibín -- History, house and home / Marion R. Casey -- The importance of being Frank / Dan Barry -- How the Irish challenged American identity : an immigrant's group's history lesson for today / Hasia Diner --Looking back, moving forward / Peter Quinn --A season of anniversaries : taking the lead in commemorating famine and rising / Maureen Murphy -- 1916 : the Eoghan Rua variations / Paul Muldoon -- A criminal enterprise : the Irish crime novel comes of age / John Connolly -- Coming of age : a new generation makes its mark / Ray O'Hanlon -- Bridging the transatlantic gap / Patricia Harty -- A student's long journey home / Ellen O'Brien Kelly -- The Irish-American mews and oral history / Miriam Nyhan Grey -- An enduring connection : ties that bind will survive the digital age / Daniel Mulhall -- An abundance of stories / Gina Marie Guadagnino -- Irish spider / Billy Collins -- A dream fulfilled, a need addressed : a quarter-century on, a house becomes a home / Terry Golway -- Tribute to Lew Glucksman / Joe Lee -- Lauds for Loretta / Seamus Heaney