Preface: Connections and Separations * Introduction: Irish Types, American Patterns * What Americans Know and How They Know It: Song * What Americans Know and How They Know It: Story * "Picture Postcard Ireland": Thomas Moran's The World I Made for Her * Naming the Past: Lisa Carey's The Mermaids Singing * The Pain of Not Knowing: Katherine Weber's The Music Lesson * Bringing Paddies Over: Alice McDermott's Charming Billy * The Rage of the Dying Animal: Mary Gordon's The Other Side * Conclusion: The Journey * Bibliography Preface: Connections and Separations * Introduction: Irish Types, American Patterns * What Americans Know and How They Know It: Song * What Americans Know and How They Know It: Story * "Picture Postcard Ireland": Thomas Moran's The World I Made for Her * Naming the Past: Lisa Carey's The Mermaids Singing * The Pain of Not Knowing: Katherine Weber's The Music Lesson * Bringing Paddies Over: Alice McDermott's Charming Billy * The Rage of the Dying Animal: Mary Gordon's The Other Side * Conclusion: The Journey * Bibliography.