Ralph Riegel preparing to rock to Bruce Springsteen in Milan Author and music critic Kirk Curnutt Author and newsreader with RTÉ David McCullagh (left) Geologist Fiona Fitzsimons is the co-founder of Eneclann and the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC Bruce Springsteen superfans, including Irish Independent journalist Ralph Riegel and RTÉ newsreader David McCullagh, will take part in a panel this month tracing the iconic superstar’s Irish roots. Four superfans of The Boss will take to the stage on Friday, August 30 at the Kennedy Summer School in New Ross, Wexford, with Lise Hand as moderator to delve into the Irish heritage of the Born in the U.S.
A rock icon. The 74-year-old singer-songwriter's great-great-great-grandparents left Rathangan in County Kildare for New Jersey in 1853. The first panellist is geologist Fiona Fitzsimons, who is the co-founder of Eneclann and the Irish Family History Centre which looks at Irish emigration at the EPIC museum in Dublin.
She has led the Eneclann research team and established their work as a benchmark in family history in Ireland and internationally, with clients such as former White House President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden’s administration. Also in the panel is a familiar face on Irish television, author and RTÉ Nine O’Clock News presenter David McCullagh, who first saw Bruce Springsteen play in Slane in 1985 and has seen him more than 40 times since. He has also interviewed his lifelong idol twice.
Ralph Riege.