Nearly 5,000 miles away from the white Irish shores can be found the Irish Cultural Center of Phoenix, a product of two hundred years of Irish migration, an international relationship built out of the Cold War, and one determined Arizonan…

Following the first few decades of its postwar boom, many residents felt Phoenix lacked a distinct sense of urban soul, describing the growing metropolis as “a collection of neighborhoods in search of a city,” an issue which grew more apparent as…