The South Lawn Plot (34 page)

R
AY O'HANLON
is editor of
The Irish Echo
, the USA's most widely read Irish American newspaper, based in New York. Over the course of a distinguished newspaper career spanning more than thirty years, he has reported from three continents and has appeared on “CBS' 60 Minutes,” “ABC World News Tonight” and “PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” In addition to his work as a reporter and editor, O'Hanlon is a frequent contributor to media reporting on Ireland, Irish American affairs and Anglo-Irish relations. His book,
The New Irish Americans
(Roberts Rinehart, 1998,) was the recipient of a Washington Irving Book Award.

A native of Dublin and a keen reader of American, Irish and British history, O'Hanlon lives with his wife Lisa and their three children in Ossining, New York.