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Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth; depicts George Washington at the 1778 Battle of Monmouth. Painting by Emanuel Leutze. Source: Wikipedia

Yankee Doodle with a Brogue:
The Irish in the American Revolution

In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley there is a gravestone that reads: Here lies the remains of John Lewis, who slew the Irish lord, settled in Augusta County, located the town of Staunton and furnished…

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Hibernia | Arts

Brenda Fricker, Glen Hansard Mourned Irish music and movie fans are mourning two celebrated stars. Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Oscar for the 2007 film Once, died in a July motorcycle crash…

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IRISH AMERICA ARCHIVES

Dan Rowan: Firefighter
and Organizer of a Cycle
Across America

Firefighter Dan Rowan of Ladder 9, Engine 33 in Lower Manhattan, a company that lost…

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Seeing Beckett on
the Silver Screen

Film adaptations of two Samuel Beckett plays Not I and Krapp’s Last Tape, were screened…

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November 13, 1643

James Butler, the 1st Duke of Ormond, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by King Charles I on this day in 1643. While leading the fight against the Irish Catholic Confederation during the Irish Confederate War, Butler commanded forces at the Battle of Kilrush and won. As Lord Lieutenant, he became the executive head of the Irish government. While in government, he supported the Royalists and King Charles I during the English Civil War. He tried to spread the Royalist movement in Ireland.

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