Patricia Harty co-founded Irish America Magazine along with publisher Niall O'Dowd in October 1985. Among Harty's many interviews in the past 25 years are Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, Wall Street guru Peter Lynch, best-selling author Pat Conroy, Hollywood legend Gregory Peck, and corporate titan Jack Welch.
Harty, who writes a blog on IrishCentral.com on all things Irish and Irish American, received the 2009 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."
