Janice Ryan BrysonIn 2006, Janice Ryan Bryson, a fifth-generation Arizonan, and Kathleen Shappee Wood, a student of Irish language and history, started the nonprofit Irish Arizona Project, dedicated to collecting the stories of those of Irish birth and ancestry who hae come to Arizona from territorial times through the present day. Both contribute historical articles to the Desert Shamrock newspaper and serve on the board of the Central Arizona Chapter of the Arizona Historical Society. Read More Read Less